1 Then|strong="G5119" Agrippa said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “Yoʋ have|strong="G3588" permission|strong="G2010" to|strong="G4314" speak|strong="G3004" for|strong="G5228" yoʋrself.” So|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" stretched|strong="G1614" out|strong="G1614" his|strong="G4012" hand|strong="G5495" and|strong="G1161" began|strong="G5119" to|strong="G4314" make his|strong="G4012" defense:
2 “I|strong="G3739" consider|strong="G2233" myself|strong="G1683" fortunate|strong="G3107" that|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2233" is|strong="G3739" before|strong="G1909" yoʋ, King Agrippa, that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G3195" about|strong="G4012" to|strong="G1909" make my|strong="G3956" defense today|strong="G4594" concerning|strong="G4012" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" of|strong="G4012" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G3195" being|strong="G1909" accused|strong="G1458" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453",
3 especially|strong="G3122" since|strong="G5037" yoʋ are|strong="G1510" acquainted with|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" customs|strong="G1485" and|strong="G2532" controversies of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453". Therefore|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G1189" yoʋ to|strong="G2532" listen to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" patiently|strong="G3116".
4 “All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" know|strong="G1492" about|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" manner|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1537" life from|strong="G1537" my|strong="G1722" youth|strong="G3503" up|strong="G1722", which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" spent|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" beginning among|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" own nation|strong="G1484" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414".
5 They|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2309" known|strong="G4267" about|strong="G2596" me|strong="G1473" for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G1437" long time, if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" willing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2596" testify|strong="G3140", that|strong="G3754" according|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" strictest sect of|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2251" religion|strong="G2356" I|strong="G1473" lived|strong="G2198" as|strong="G2596" a|strong="G1437" Pharisee|strong="G5330".
6 And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" standing|strong="G2476" trial|strong="G2919" because|strong="G1909" of|strong="G5259" my|strong="G1473" hope|strong="G1680" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" God|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" fathers|strong="G3962",
7 a|strong="G2532" promise that|strong="G3739" our|strong="G2532" twelve|strong="G1429" tribes|strong="G1429" hope|strong="G1680" to|strong="G1519" attain|strong="G2658" as|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" earnestly|strong="G2532" serve|strong="G3000" him|strong="G3588" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250". Regarding|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" being|strong="G2532" accused|strong="G1458" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453".
8 Why|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1487" deemed unbelievable by|strong="G3844" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" raises|strong="G1453" the|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498"?
9 “Indeed|strong="G3303", I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1683" was|strong="G3588" convinced that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G4314" do|strong="G4238" many|strong="G4183" things|strong="G3588" against|strong="G4314" the|strong="G4314" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424" of|strong="G3686" Nazareth|strong="G3480".
10 And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" just|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G4160" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414". I|strong="G1473" locked|strong="G2623" up|strong="G2623" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" saints in|strong="G1722" prison|strong="G5438" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" authority|strong="G1849" I|strong="G1473" received|strong="G2983" from|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests, and|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" being|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" to|strong="G2532" death, I|strong="G1473" cast|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" vote|strong="G5586" against|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588".
11 I|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" punished|strong="G5097" them|strong="G3588" often|strong="G4178" in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" synagogues|strong="G4864" and|strong="G2532" tried to|strong="G1519" force them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" blaspheme. And|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" furiously|strong="G4057" enraged|strong="G1693" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588", I|strong="G2532" pursued them|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" foreign|strong="G1854" cities|strong="G4172".
12 “While|strong="G1722" engaged|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" such|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588", I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Damascus|strong="G1154" with|strong="G3326" authority|strong="G1849" and|strong="G2532" commission|strong="G2011" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" chief|strong="G2532" priests,
13 when|strong="G2532" at|strong="G2596" midday|strong="G2250", O king|strong="G3588", I|strong="G1473" saw|strong="G3708" on|strong="G5228" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" a|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5457" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3771", brighter|strong="G2987" than|strong="G5228" the|strong="G2532" sun|strong="G2246", shining|strong="G4034" around|strong="G4034" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" traveling|strong="G4198" with|strong="G4862" me|strong="G1473".
14 When|strong="G3004" we|strong="G2249" had|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" fallen|strong="G2667" down|strong="G2667" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" ground|strong="G1093", I|strong="G1473" heard a|strong="G1519" voice|strong="G5456" saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Hebrew|strong="G1446" language|strong="G1258", ‘\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* yoʋ \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*? \+w It|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w is|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w hard|strong="G4642"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w kick|strong="G2979"\+w* \+w against|strong="G4314"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w goads|strong="G2759"\+w*.’
15 I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘Who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" yoʋ, Lord|strong="G2962"?’ He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", ‘\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w*, \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* yoʋ \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.
16 \+w But|strong="G2532"\+w* rise \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w stand|strong="G2476"\+w* \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* yoʋr \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+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* yoʋ \+w for|strong="G1063"\+w* \+w this|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w purpose|strong="G3739"\+w*, \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w appoint|strong="G4400"\+w* yoʋ \+w as|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w servant|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w witness|strong="G3144"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* yoʋ \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w seen|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w things|strong="G3778"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w which|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w appear|strong="G3708"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* yoʋ.
17 \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w rescue|strong="G1807"\+w* yoʋ \+w from|strong="G1537"\+w* yoʋr 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 am|strong="G1473"\+w* sending yoʋ
18 \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* open \+w their|strong="G1438"\+w* \+w eyes|strong="G3788"\+w* \+w so|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w turn|strong="G1994"\+w* away \+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 dominion|strong="G1849"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* \+w Satan|strong="G4567"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w God|strong="G2316"\+w*, \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w may|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w receive|strong="G2983"\+w* remission \+w of|strong="G2316"\+w* sins \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w an|strong="G2532"\+w* allotment \+w among|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w those|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w who|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2532"\+w* sanctified \+w by|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w faith|strong="G4102"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.’
19 “Consequently, King|strong="G3588" Agrippa, I|strong="G1096" was|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3756" disobedient to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" heavenly|strong="G3770" vision|strong="G3701",
20 but|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Damascus|strong="G1154" and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" region|strong="G5561" of|strong="G2316" Judea|strong="G2449" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484", I|strong="G2532" proclaimed that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" should|strong="G2316" repent|strong="G3340" and|strong="G2532" turn|strong="G1994" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", doing|strong="G4238" works|strong="G2041" consistent with|strong="G1722" repentance|strong="G3341".
21 That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" why the|strong="G1722" Jews|strong="G2453" seized|strong="G4815" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" temple|strong="G2413" courts and|strong="G2453" were|strong="G1510" trying to|strong="G1722" kill|strong="G1315" me|strong="G1473".
22 But|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2532" obtained|strong="G5177" help|strong="G1947" from|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", I|strong="G3739" stand|strong="G2476" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" day|strong="G2250" testifying|strong="G3143" to|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" small|strong="G3398" and|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173", saying|strong="G3004" nothing|strong="G3762" except|strong="G1622" what|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" Prophets|strong="G4396" and|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G3004" would|strong="G3195" take|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096":
23 that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" would|strong="G3195" suffer|strong="G3805" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588", as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" to|strong="G2532" rise from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", he|strong="G2532" would|strong="G3195" proclaim|strong="G2605" light|strong="G5457" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484".”
24 As|strong="G1519" Paul|strong="G3972" was|strong="G3588" saying|strong="G5346" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" own defense, Festus|strong="G5347" said|strong="G5346" with|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" loud|strong="G3173" voice|strong="G5456", “Yoʋ are|strong="G3588" out|strong="G5456" of|strong="G5456" yoʋr mind|strong="G3105", Paul|strong="G3972". Too|strong="G3173" much|strong="G4183" learning|strong="G1121" is|strong="G3588" driving|strong="G4062" yoʋ insane|strong="G3105"!”
25 But|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G5346", “I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G3588" mind|strong="G3105", most|strong="G2903" excellent|strong="G2903" Festus|strong="G5347", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G2532" speaking words|strong="G4487" of|strong="G2532" truth and|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3756" sense.
26 For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" king|strong="G3588" knows|strong="G1987" about|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778", to|strong="G4314" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G2980" boldly|strong="G3955". I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G1510" convinced|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3739" none|strong="G3762" of|strong="G4012" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" has|strong="G3739" escaped|strong="G2990" his|strong="G4012" notice|strong="G2990" at|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1063" 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 Do|strong="G1492" yoʋ believe|strong="G4100" the|strong="G3588" Prophets|strong="G4396", King|strong="G3588" Agrippa? I|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" yoʋ believe|strong="G4100".”
28 Agrippa said|strong="G1161" to|strong="G4314" Paul|strong="G3972", “Do|strong="G4160" yoʋ think yoʋ can|strong="G4160" persuade|strong="G3982" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G4314" become|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1722" Christian|strong="G5546" so|strong="G1161" quickly|strong="G1722"?”
29 Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G1161", “Whether|strong="G2532" quickly|strong="G1722" or|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756", I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="G2172" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" yoʋ but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" listening to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" today|strong="G4594" would|strong="G1096" become|strong="G1096" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510", except|strong="G3924" for|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" chains|strong="G1199".”
30 After|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2532" these|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" king|strong="G3588" stood|strong="G3588" up|strong="G2532", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" governor|strong="G2232", Bernice, and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sitting|strong="G4775" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588".
31 After|strong="G2532" leaving|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" room, they|strong="G2532" began saying|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" one|strong="G5100" another|strong="G5100", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G5100" is|strong="G3588" doing|strong="G4238" nothing|strong="G3762" that|strong="G3754" deserves death|strong="G2288" or|strong="G2228" imprisonment|strong="G1199".”
32 And|strong="G1161" Agrippa said|strong="G5346" to|strong="G1410" Festus|strong="G5347", “This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" could|strong="G1410" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G3361" released if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" appealed|strong="G1941" to|strong="G1410" Caesar|strong="G2541".”