lont@Acts:26:1 @ Then Agrippa said to Paul, It is granted to you to speak for yourself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, made his defense.
lont@Acts:26:2 @ I esteem myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am this day to make my defense before you, concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews;
lont@Acts:26:3 @ especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: wherefore, I entreat you, that you will hear me with patience.
lont@Acts:26:4 @ The manner of my life, from my youth, which, from the beginning, was spent among my own nation, in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews;
lont@Acts:26:5 @ who knew me from the first, (if they would testify,) that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
lont@Acts:26:6 @ And now I stand in judgment for the hope of that promise, which was made by God to our fathers:
lont@Acts:26:7 @ to which promise, our twelve tribes, worshiping continually, night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
lont@Acts:26:8 @ Why should it be judged an incredible thing, by you, that God should raise the dead?
lont@Acts:26:9 @ I, indeed, thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
lont@Acts:26:10 @ Which, accordingly, I did in Jerusalem; and I shut up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when some of them were killed, I gave my vote against them:
lont@Acts:26:11 @ and frequently punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
lont@Acts:26:12 @ With this view, I was going to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests;
lont@Acts:26:13 @ at mid-day, on the road, King Agrippa, I saw a light from heaven, exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining about me, and those who traveled with me.
lont@Acts:26:14 @ And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language,
lont@Acts:26:15 @ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,
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lont@Acts:26:17" />
lont@Acts:26:18" />
lont@Acts:26:19 @ From that time, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
lont@Acts:26:20 @ but declared, first to them at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea; and then to the Gentiles, that they should reform, and return to God, performing deeds worthy of reformation.
lont@Acts:26:21 @ On account of these things, the Jews seizing me in the temple, attempted to have killed me with their own hands.
lont@Acts:26:22 @ Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I continue, till this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses have declared would be;
lont@Acts:26:23 @ that the Messiah would be a sufferer-would be first of a resurrection from the dead-would give light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
lont@Acts:26:24 @ And as he was thus making his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice, Paul, you are distracted: much learning drives you to madness.
lont@Acts:26:25 @ But he replied, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but utter the words of truth and soberness.
lont@Acts:26:26 @ For the king knows of these things; to whom, also, I speak with freedom: for I am persuaded none of these things are hid from him, for this was not done in a corner.
lont@Acts:26:27 @ King Agrippa! do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.
lont@Acts:26:28 @ Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.
lont@Acts:26:29 @ And Paul said, I would to God that, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these chains.
lont@Acts:26:30 @ And as he said this, the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
lont@Acts:26:31 @ And when they had retired, they spoke one with another, saying, This man has done nothing worthy of death, or of bonds.
lont@Acts:26:32 @ And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar.
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lont@Acts:26:1 @ Then Agrippa said to Paul, It is granted to you to speak for yourself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, made his defense.
lont@Acts:26:2 @ I esteem myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am this day to make my defense before you, concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews;
lont@Acts:26:3 @ especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: wherefore, I entreat you, that you will hear me with patience.
lont@Acts:26:4 @ The manner of my life, from my youth, which, from the beginning, was spent among my own nation, in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews;
lont@Acts:26:5 @ who knew me from the first, (if they would testify,) that, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
lont@Acts:26:6 @ And now I stand in judgment for the hope of that promise, which was made by God to our fathers:
lont@Acts:26:7 @ to which promise, our twelve tribes, worshiping continually, night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
lont@Acts:26:8 @ Why should it be judged an incredible thing, by you, that God should raise the dead?
lont@Acts:26:9 @ I, indeed, thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
lont@Acts:26:10 @ Which, accordingly, I did in Jerusalem; and I shut up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when some of them were killed, I gave my vote against them:
lont@Acts:26:11 @ and frequently punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
lont@Acts:26:12 @ With this view, I was going to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests;
lont@Acts:26:13 @ at mid-day, on the road, King Agrippa, I saw a light from heaven, exceeding the splendor of the sun, shining about me, and those who traveled with me.
lont@Acts:26:14 @ And when we were all fallen down to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language,
lont@Acts:26:15 @ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,
lont@Acts:26:16" />
lont@Acts:26:17" />
lont@Acts:26:18" />
lont@Acts:26:19 @ From that time, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
lont@Acts:26:20 @ but declared, first to them at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea; and then to the Gentiles, that they should reform, and return to God, performing deeds worthy of reformation.
lont@Acts:26:21 @ On account of these things, the Jews seizing me in the temple, attempted to have killed me with their own hands.
lont@Acts:26:22 @ Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I continue, till this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses have declared would be;
lont@Acts:26:23 @ that the Messiah would be a sufferer-would be first of a resurrection from the dead-would give light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
lont@Acts:26:24 @ And as he was thus making his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice, Paul, you are distracted: much learning drives you to madness.
lont@Acts:26:25 @ But he replied, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but utter the words of truth and soberness.
lont@Acts:26:26 @ For the king knows of these things; to whom, also, I speak with freedom: for I am persuaded none of these things are hid from him, for this was not done in a corner.
lont@Acts:26:27 @ King Agrippa! do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.
lont@Acts:26:28 @ Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to be a Christian.
lont@Acts:26:29 @ And Paul said, I would to God that, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these chains.
lont@Acts:26:30 @ And as he said this, the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
lont@Acts:26:31 @ And when they had retired, they spoke one with another, saying, This man has done nothing worthy of death, or of bonds.
lont@Acts:26:32 @ And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Cesar.
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