Acts:26:4-29
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My manner of life from my youth ,
which was (
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at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem ,
know (
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all the Jews ;
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Which knew (
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me from the beginning ,
if they would (
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testify (
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that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived (
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a Pharisee .
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And now I stand (
5758 )
and am judged (
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for the hope of the promise made (
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of God unto our fathers :
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Unto which promise our twelve tribes ,
instantly serving (
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God day and night ,
hope (
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to come (
5658 ).
For which hopes sake ,
king Agrippa ,
I am accused (
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of the Jews .
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Why should it be thought a thing (
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incredible with you ,
that God should raise (
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the dead ?
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I verily thought (
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with myself ,
that I ought (
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to do (
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many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth .
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Which thing I also did (
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in Jerusalem :
and many of the saints did I shut up (
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in prison ,
having received (
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authority from the chief priests ;
and when they were put to death (
5746 ),
I gave (
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my voice against them .
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And I punished (
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them oft in every synagogue ,
and compelled (
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them to blaspheme (
5721 );
and being exceedingly mad against (
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them ,
I persecuted (
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them even unto strange cities .
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Whereupon as I went (
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to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests ,
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At midday ,
O king ,
I saw (
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in the way a light from heaven ,
above the brightness of the sun ,
shining round about (
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me and them which journeyed (
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with me .
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And when we were all fallen (
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to the earth ,
I heard (
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a voice speaking (
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unto me ,
and saying (
5723 )
in the Hebrew tongue ,
Saul ,
Saul ,
why persecutest thou (
5719 )
me ?
it is hard for thee to kick (
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against the pricks .
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And I said (
5627 ),
Who art thou (
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Lord ?
And he said (
5627 ),
I am (
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Jesus whom thou persecutest (
5719 ).
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But rise (
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and stand (
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upon thy feet :
for I have appeared (
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unto thee for this purpose ,
to make (
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thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen (
5627 ),
and of those things in the which I will appear (
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unto thee ;
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Delivering (
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thee from the people ,
and from the Gentiles ,
unto whom now I send (
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thee ,
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To open (
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their eyes ,
and to turn (
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them from darkness to light ,
and from the power of Satan unto God ,
that they may receive (
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forgiveness of sins ,
and inheritance among them which are sanctified (
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by faith that is in me .
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Whereupon ,
O king Agrippa ,
I was (
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not disobedient unto the heavenly vision :
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But shewed (
5723 ) (
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first unto them of Damascus ,
and at Jerusalem ,
and throughout all the coasts of Judaea ,
and then to the Gentiles ,
that they should repent (
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and turn (
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to God ,
and do (
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works meet for repentance .
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For these causes the Jews caught (
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me in the temple ,
and went about (
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to kill (
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me .
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Having therefore obtained (
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help of God ,
I continue (
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unto this day ,
witnessing (
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both to small and great ,
saying (
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none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say (
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should (
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come (
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That Christ should suffer ,
and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead ,
and should (
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shew (
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light unto the people ,
and to the Gentiles .
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And as he thus spake for himself (
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Festus said (
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with a loud voice ,
Paul ,
thou art beside thyself (
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much learning doth make (
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thee mad .
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But he said (
5748 ),
I am not mad (
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most noble Festus ;
but speak forth (
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the words of truth and soberness .
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For the king knoweth (
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of these things ,
before whom also I speak (
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freely (
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for I am persuaded (
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that none of these things are hidden (
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from him ;
for this thing was (
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not done (
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in a corner .
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King Agrippa ,
believest thou (
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the prophets ?
I know (
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that thou believest (
5719 ).
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Then Agrippa said (
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unto Paul ,
Almost thou persuadest (
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me to be (
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a Christian .
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And Paul said (
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I would (
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to God ,
that not only thou ,
but also all that hear (
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me this day ,
were (
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both almost ,
and altogether such as I am (
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except these bonds .