Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: Act 9:15Act 26:2Jhn 7:51Pro 1:24Act 22:1Act 25:16Pro 18:13Pro 18:17 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: 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. Act 6:14Act 26:261Co 13:2Act 21:21Act 24:10Act 24:4Act 25:19-20Act 25:26 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Gal 1:132Ti 3:10Act 22:3Php 3:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Act 23:6Act 22:3Act 22:5Act 24:5Act 24:14Php 3:5-6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Tit 2:13Act 24:15Act 28:20Dan 7:13-14Rom 15:8Act 13:32-33Act 23:6Deu 18:15 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. Jas 1:11Ti 5:5Php 3:111Th 3:10Ezr 6:17Luk 22:30Mat 19:28Act 20:31 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? 1Co 15:12-20Act 17:31-32Act 4:2Act 10:40-42Luk 18:27Php 3:21Act 13:30-31Act 23:6 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 1Ti 1:13Act 22:8Gal 1:13-14Php 3:6Act 21:13Act 24:5Act 3:6Act 9:16 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. Act 8:3Act 9:13-14Act 9:21Act 22:4-51Co 15:9Act 22:19-20Act 7:58Act 8:1 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 13:45Act 22:19Mat 10:17Act 22:5Act 9:12Pe 2:16Act 18:6Act 26:24-25 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, Act 22:5-11Act 26:10Act 9:1-81Ki 21:8-10Isa 10:1Jer 26:8Jer 29:26-27Jhn 11:57 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. Rev 1:16Rev 21:23Act 22:6Mat 17:2Act 9:3Isa 24:23Isa 30:26 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. Act 21:40Act 22:2Act 9:7Act 22:7-91Co 10:22Act 9:4-5Zec 12:2Zec 2:8 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. Jhn 15:20-21Mat 25:45Exo 16:8Mat 25:40 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; Act 22:14-15Dan 10:11Ezk 2:11Ti 1:12Gal 1:12Rom 15:162Co 12:1-72Co 4:1 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, Act 9:151Ti 2:7Jer 1:19Rom 11:132Ti 1:112Ti 3:112Ti 4:16-17Act 28:28 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. 1Pe 2:9Eph 1:18Act 20:32Eph 5:8Isa 42:72Co 4:6Col 1:12-14Jhn 8:12 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: Isa 50:5Ezk 2:7-8Gal 1:16Jer 20:9Act 26:2Exo 4:13-14Ezk 3:14Jon 1:3 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. Act 3:19Mat 3:82Ti 2:25-26Act 2:382Pe 1:5-8Luk 19:8-9Mat 9:13Rev 2:5 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. Act 21:30-31Act 21:27Act 22:22Act 23:12-15Act 25:3 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: Act 24:14Jhn 5:46Act 10:43Luk 24:27Luk 24:44Rom 3:211Sa 7:122Co 1:8-10 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. Isa 53:1-12Luk 24:26Col 1:18Rev 1:5Dan 9:24-26Heb 2:10Zec 12:101Co 15:20-23
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 1Co 2:13-141Co 1:231Co 4:102Co 5:13Mrk 3:212Ki 9:11Jer 29:26Act 17:32 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. Act 23:26Tit 1:9Tit 2:7-81Pe 2:21-231Pe 3:151Pe 3:9Act 24:3Jhn 8:49 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. Act 26:2-3Act 2:1-12Act 25:22Act 4:16-21Act 5:18-42Isa 30:20Mat 27:29-54Mat 26:5 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Act 26:22-23 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Act 11:26Mat 10:181Pe 4:162Co 4:2Act 24:25Act 26:29Ezk 33:31Jas 1:23-24 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. Eph 6:20Act 21:33Col 1:28Rom 10:11Co 4:81Co 7:72Co 11:12Ki 5:3 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: Act 18:15Act 25:23Act 28:22 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. Act 23:29Act 23:9Act 28:181Pe 3:161Pe 4:14-162Sa 24:17Act 25:25Luk 23:14-15 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar. Act 28:18Act 25:11-12Act 25:25