1 Turning to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", Agrippa said|strong="G3004", ‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" at|strong="G4314" liberty|strong="G2010" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004" for|strong="G5228" yourself|strong="G4572".’ Then|strong="G5119" Paul|strong="G3972" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G4012" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G5119" his|strong="G4012" defence.
2 ‘I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3195" been congratulating myself|strong="G1683", King Agrippa,’ he|strong="G3739" said, ‘that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2233" is|strong="G3739" before|strong="G1909" you|strong="G4771" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1909" make my|strong="G3956" defence today|strong="G4594", with|strong="G1909" regard|strong="G2233" to|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" charges|strong="G1458" brought against|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1683" by|strong="G5259" my|strong="G3956" own|strong="G1683" people|strong="G3956",
3 especially|strong="G3122" as|strong="G2596" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" so|strong="G2532" well-versed in|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" customs|strong="G1485" and|strong="G2532" questions|strong="G2213" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jewish|strong="G2453" world. I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G1189" you|strong="G4771" therefore|strong="G1352" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1473" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" patient|strong="G2596" hearing.
4 My|strong="G1722" life, then|strong="G3767", from|strong="G1537" youth|strong="G3503" upwards, was|strong="G1096" passed|strong="G3588", from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" very|strong="G1096" first|strong="G3588", among|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" own nation|strong="G1484", and|strong="G5037" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G5037" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" knowledge|strong="G1492" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453";
5 and|strong="G5330" they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2309" always known|strong="G4267" – if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G3588" choose to|strong="G2596" give|strong="G1473" evidence – that|strong="G3754", in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" very|strong="G3588" strictest form of|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2251" religion|strong="G2356", I|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G2198" a|strong="G1437" true|strong="G3588" Pharisee|strong="G5330".
6 Even|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1909" of|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1473" hope|strong="G1680" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" given by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" stand|strong="G2476" here|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1909" my|strong="G1473" trial|strong="G2919" –
7 A|strong="G2532" promise which|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1429" tribes|strong="G1429", by|strong="G1722" earnest service|strong="G3000" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", hope|strong="G1680" to|strong="G1519" see fulfilled. It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680", your|strong="G2532" Majesty, that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" accused|strong="G1458" – and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" themselves|strong="G1519"!
8 Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3588" hold it|strong="G1487" incredible that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" should|strong="G2316" raise|strong="G1453" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"?
9 I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1683", it|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", once thought|strong="G1380" it|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" duty to|strong="G4314" oppose in|strong="G4314" every|strong="G4314" way the|strong="G4314" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3480";
10 and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" actually|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" so|strong="G2532" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". Acting|strong="G4160" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" authority|strong="G1849" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests, I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" threw many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2983" of|strong="G2532" Christ into|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438", and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" proposed to|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" death, I|strong="G1473" gave|strong="G4160" my|strong="G1722" vote|strong="G5586" for|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532".
11 Time|strong="G4178" after|strong="G2596" time|strong="G4178", in|strong="G1519" every|strong="G3956" synagogue|strong="G4864", I|strong="G2532" tried by|strong="G2596" punishments to|strong="G1519" force them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" blaspheme. So|strong="G2532" frantic was|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" pursued them|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" towns|strong="G4172" beyond|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" borders.
12 It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" while|strong="G1722" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" on|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" errand of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" kind, entrusted with|strong="G3326" full|strong="G1722" powers|strong="G1849" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests,
13 that|strong="G3588" at|strong="G2596" midday|strong="G2250", your|strong="G2532" Majesty, I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" right in|strong="G2596" my|strong="G3708" path|strong="G3598", coming from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavens, a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" brighter|strong="G2987" than|strong="G5228" the|strong="G2532" glare of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246", which|strong="G3588" shone|strong="G4034" all|strong="G2532" round|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="G4198" with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473".
14 We|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3956" fell|strong="G2667" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093", and|strong="G5037" then|strong="G5037" I|strong="G1473" heard a|strong="G1519" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1519" Hebrew|strong="G1446" – “\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*? \+w By|strong="G4314"\+w* kicking \+w against|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* goad \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* punishing \+w yourself|strong="G4771"\+w*.”
15 “Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962"?” I|strong="G1473" asked|strong="G3004". And|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Lord|strong="G2962" said|strong="G3004", “\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*;
16 \+w but|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w get|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w upright|strong="G2476"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appeared|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* order \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="G4400"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w witness|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* revelations \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* already \+w had|strong="G2532"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w yet|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appear|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*,
17 \+w since|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1473"\+w* choosing \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w out|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* own \+w people|strong="G2992"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w now|strong="G2532"\+w* send \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*,
18 \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* open \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1994"\+w* \+w them|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w darkness|strong="G4655"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w light|strong="G5457"\+w*, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w from|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w power|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*; \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* pardon \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* sins, \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w place|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* become \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*’s \+w people|strong="G2983"\+w*, \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”
19 After|strong="G1096" that|strong="G3588", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, I|strong="G1096" did|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" fail|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" obey the|strong="G3588" heavenly|strong="G3770" vision|strong="G3701";
20 on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="G2316", first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" and|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" Judea|strong="G2449", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532", I|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" preach repentance|strong="G3341" and|strong="G2532" conversion to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" life befitting that|strong="G3588" repentance|strong="G3341".
21 This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" why some|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3778" seized|strong="G4815" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2453" made|strong="G2453" attempts on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" life.
22 However|strong="G3767" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" received help|strong="G1947" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3767" stand|strong="G2476" here|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3739" testimony to|strong="G2532" high|strong="G3173" and|strong="G2532" low alike|strong="G5037" – without|strong="G2532" adding a|strong="G1096" word|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396", as|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475", declared|strong="G2980" should|strong="G3195" happen|strong="G1096" –
23 That|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" must|strong="G5547" suffer|strong="G3805", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", by|strong="G1537" rising|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" destined to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2532" news of|strong="G1537" light|strong="G5457", not|strong="G2532" only|strong="G1487" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" nation|strong="G1484", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484".’
24 While|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" making this|strong="G3778" defence, Festus|strong="G5347" called|strong="G3778" out|strong="G5456" loudly|strong="G3173", ‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" mad|strong="G3105", Paul|strong="G3972"; your|strong="G3588" great|strong="G3173" learning|strong="G1121" is|strong="G3588" driving|strong="G4062" you|strong="G4771" mad|strong="G3105".’
25 ‘I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" mad|strong="G3105", your|strong="G2532" Excellency,’ he|strong="G2532" replied|strong="G5346". ‘On|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" contrary, the|strong="G2532" statements that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" making|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" sober|strong="G4997".
26 Indeed|strong="G2532", the|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588" knows|strong="G1987" about|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" matters, so|strong="G2532" I|strong="G3739" speak|strong="G2980" before|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" without|strong="G2532" constraint. I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" sure|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3739" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3762" whatever|strong="G3739" of|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" telling|strong="G2980" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" escaped|strong="G2990" his|strong="G4012" attention; for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" been|strong="G1510" done|strong="G4238" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" corner|strong="G1137".
27 King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, do|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" believe|strong="G4100" the|strong="G3588" prophets|strong="G4396"? I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492".’
28 But|strong="G1161" Agrippa said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", ‘You|strong="G1722" are|strong="G3588" soon|strong="G1722" trying to|strong="G4314" make|strong="G4160" a|strong="G1722" Christian|strong="G5546" of|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473"!’
29 ‘Whether|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" soon|strong="G1722" or|strong="G2532" late,’ answered Paul|strong="G3972", ‘I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="G2172" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" you|strong="G4771", but|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" listening to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473", might|strong="G2532" today|strong="G4594" become|strong="G1096" just|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" myself|strong="G1473" – except|strong="G3924" for|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" chains|strong="G1199"!’
30 Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" rose|strong="G2532", with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Governor|strong="G2232" and|strong="G2532" Bernice and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" sitting|strong="G4775" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588",
31 and|strong="G2532", after|strong="G2532" retiring, discussed the|strong="G2532" case|strong="G3588" among|strong="G4314" themselves|strong="G3778". ‘There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3762",’ they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", ‘deserving death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" imprisonment|strong="G1199" in|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100"’s conduct’;
32 and|strong="G1161", speaking to|strong="G1410" Festus|strong="G5347", Agrippa added, ‘The|strong="G1161" man|strong="G3778" might|strong="G1410" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G3361" discharged, if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1410" the|strong="G1161" Emperor.’