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Acts 26 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:1 - Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:3 - Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 - My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:6 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
(Act 9:1–19; 22:6–16 )
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:12 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:15 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:21 - For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:22 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 - And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:25 - But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:28 - Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 - And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 - Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
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