Acts 26 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Paul's Defense before Agrippa

Act 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

Act 26:2

Act 26:2'Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,

Act 26:3

Act 26:3especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things -- both customs and questions -- among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.

Act 26:4

Act 26:4'The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth -- which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem -- know do all the Jews,

Act 26:5

Act 26:5knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;

Act 26:6

Act 26:6and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

Act 26:7

Act 26:7to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

Act 26:8

Act 26:8why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

Act 26:9

Act 26:9'I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,

Act 26:10

Act 26:10which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

Act 26:11

Act 26:11and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

(Act 9:1–19; 22:6–16 )

Act 26:12

Act 26:12'In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

Act 26:13

Act 26:13at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;

Act 26:14

Act 26:14and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!

Act 26:15

Act 26:15'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

Act 26:16

Act 26:16but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things in which I will appear to thee,

Act 26:17

Act 26:17delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

Act 26:18

Act 26:18to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me.

Act 26:19

Act 26:19'Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Act 26:20

Act 26:20but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

Act 26:21

Act 26:21because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill me.

Act 26:22

Act 26:22'Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

Act 26:23

Act 26:23that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

Act 26:24

Act 26:24And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, 'Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'

Act 26:25

Act 26:25and he saith, 'I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;

Act 26:26

Act 26:26for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

Act 26:27

Act 26:27thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!'

Act 26:28

Act 26:28And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'

Act 26:29

Act 26:29and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

Act 26:30

Act 26:30And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

Act 26:31

Act 26:31and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

Act 26:32

Act 26:32and Agrippa said to Festus, 'This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.'

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Acts 26 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Paul's Defense before Agrippa

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