<vn='1'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s><sn="5346">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="4671">Thou</s> art <sn="2010">permitted</s> to <sn="3004">speak</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="4572">thyself</s>. <sn="5119">Then</s><sn="3972">Paul</s> stretched <sn="1614">forth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5495">hand</s>, and answered for <sn="626">himself</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>I <sn="2233">think</s><sn="1683">myself</s><sn="3107">happy</s>, <sn="935">king</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s>, because I <sn="3195">shall</s> answer for <sn="626">myself</s> this <sn="4594">day</s><sn="1909">before</s><sn="4675">thee</s><sn="4012">touching</s><sn="3956">all</s> the things <sn="3739">whereof</s> I am <sn="1458">accused</s><sn="5259">of</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3122">Especially</s> because I <sn="*1492">know</s><sn="4571">thee</s> to <sn="5607">be</s><sn="1109">expert</s> in <sn="3956">all</s><sn="1485">customs</s><sn="5037 *2532">and</s><sn="2213">questions</s> which are <sn="2596">among</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s>: <sn="1352">wherefore</s> I <sn="1189">beseech</s><sn="4675">thee</s> to <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3450">me</s><sn="3116">patiently</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3450">My</s> manner of <sn="981">life</s><sn="1537">from</s> my <sn="3503">youth</s>, which <sn="1096">was</s><sn="575">at</s> the <sn="746">first</s><sn="1722">among</s> mine <sn="3450">own</s><sn="1484">nation</s><sn="1722">at</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2467">know</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>Which <sn="4267">knew</s><sn="3165">me</s> from the <sn="509">beginning</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> they <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3140">testify</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s> most <sn="196">straitest</s><sn="139">sect</s> of <sn="2251">our</s><sn="2356">religion</s> I <sn="2198">lived</s> a <sn="5330">Pharisee</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3568">now</s> I <sn="2476">stand</s> and am <sn="2919">judged</s><sn="1909">for</s> the <sn="1680">hope</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promise</s><sn="1096">made</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="4314">unto</s> our <sn="3962">fathers</s>: </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1519">Unto</s><sn="3739">which</s> promise <sn="2257">our</s> twelve <sn="1429">tribes</s>, <sn="1722 1616">instantly</s><sn="3000">serving</s> God <sn="2250">day</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3571">night</s>, <sn="1679">hope</s> to <sn="2658">come</s>. <sn="4012">For</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="1680">hope</s> 's sake, <sn="935">king</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s>, I am <sn="1458">accused</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5101">Why</s> should it be <sn="2919">thought</s> a thing <sn="571">incredible</s><sn="3844">with</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="1487">that</s><sn="2316">God</s> should <sn="1453">raise</s> the <sn="3498">dead</s>? </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3303 *3767">verily</s><sn="1380">thought</s> with <sn="1683">myself</s>, that I <sn="1163">ought</s> to <sn="4238">do</s> many <sn="4183">things</s><sn="1727">contrary</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s> of <sn="3480">Nazareth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Which <sn="3739">thing</s> I <sn="2532">also</s><sn="4160">did</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4183">many</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">saints</s> did <sn="1473">I</s> shut <sn="2623">up</s> in <sn="5438">prison</s>, having <sn="2983">received</s><sn="1849">authority</s><sn="3844">from</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="749">priests</s>; <sn="5037">and</s> when <sn="846">they</s> were put to <sn="337">death</s>, I gave my voice <sn="2702 5586">against</s> them. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> I <sn="5097">punished</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="4178">oft</s> in <sn="2596 3956">every</s><sn="4864">synagogue</s>, and <sn="315">compelled</s> them to <sn="987">blaspheme</s>; <sn="5037">and</s> being exceedingly mad <sn="1693 4057">against</s><sn="846">them</s>, I <sn="1377">persecuted</s> them <sn="2193">even</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="1854">strange</s><sn="4172">cities</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1722 3739">Whereupon</s><sn="*2532">as</s> I <sn="4198">went</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="1849">authority</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2011">commission</s><sn="3844">from</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="749">priests</s>, </v>
<vn='13'>At <sn="3319 2250">midday</s>, O <sn="935">king</s>, <sn="1492">I</s> saw <sn="2596">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> a <sn="5457">light</s> from <sn="3771">heaven</s>, <sn="5228">above</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2987">brightness</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2246">sun</s>, shining round <sn="4034">about</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="2532">and</s> them which <sn="4198">journeyed</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="1698">me</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">And</s> when <sn="2257">we</s> were <sn="3956">all</s><sn="2667">fallen</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>, I <sn="191">heard</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="2980">speaking</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">saying</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1446">Hebrew</s><sn="1258">tongue</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="5101">why</s><sn="1377">persecutest</s> thou <sn="3165">me</s>? <i> it </i><i> is </i><sn="4642">hard</s> for <sn="4671">thee</s> to <sn="2979">kick</s><sn="4314">against</s> the <sn="2759">pricks</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="235">But</s><sn="450">rise</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2476">stand</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4228">feet</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> I have <sn="3700">appeared</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="5124">this</s> purpose, to <sn="4400">make</s><sn="4571">thee</s> a <sn="5257">minister</s><sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="3144">witness</s><sn="5037">both</s> of these things <sn="3739">which</s> thou hast <sn="1492">seen</s>, <sn="5037">and</s> of those things in the <sn="3739">which</s> I will <sn="3700">appear</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1807">Delivering</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><i> from </i><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, <sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3568">now</s> I <sn="649">send</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, </v>
<vn='18'> To <sn="455">open</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="3788">eyes</s>, <i> and </i> to <sn="1994">turn</s><i> them </i><sn="575">from</s><sn="4655">darkness</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><i> from </i><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1849">power</s> of <sn="4567">Satan</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="846">they</s> may <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="859">forgiveness</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2819">inheritance</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="3588">them</s> which are <sn="37">sanctified</s> by <sn="4102">faith</s><sn="3588">that</s> is <sn="1519">in</s><sn="1691">me</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3606">Whereupon</s>, O <sn="935">king</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s>, I <sn="1096">was</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="545">disobedient</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3770">heavenly</s><sn="3701">vision</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="235">But</s><sn="518">showed</s><sn="4412">first</s> unto <sn="3588">them</s><sn="1722">of</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> at <sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="5037">and</s><sn="1519">throughout</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5561">coasts</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> then to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>, that they should <sn="3340">repent</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1994">turn</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="2316">God</s>, and <sn="4238">do</s><sn="2041">works</s><sn="514">meet</s> for <sn="3341">repentance</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>For these <sn="1752 5130">causes</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="4815">caught</s><sn="3165">me</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>, and went <sn="3987">about</s> to <sn="1315">kill</s> me. </v>
<vn='22'>Having <sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="5177">obtained</s><sn="1947">help</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, I <sn="2476">continue</s><sn="891">unto</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="2250">day</s>, <sn="3140">witnessing</s><sn="5037">both</s> to <sn="3398">small</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3173">great</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s><sn="3762">none</s> other <sn="1622">things</s> than those <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3475">Moses</s> did <sn="2980">say</s><sn="3195">should</s><sn="1096">come</s>: </v>
<vn='23'><sn="*1487">That</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> should <sn="3805">suffer</s>, and <sn="*1487">that</s> he should be the <sn="4413">first</s> that should <sn="1537 386">rise</s> from the <sn="3498">dead</s>, and <sn="3195">should</s><sn="2605">show</s><sn="5457">light</s> unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">And</s> as <sn="846">he</s><sn="5023">thus</s> spake for <sn="626">himself</s>, <sn="5347">Festus</s><sn="5346">said</s> with a <sn="3173">loud</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, <sn="3972">Paul</s>, thou art beside <sn="3105">thyself</s>; <sn="4183">much</s><sn="1121">learning</s> doth <sn="4062">make</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="3130">mad</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="5346">said</s>, I am not <sn="3105 3756">mad</s>, most <sn="2903">noble</s><sn="5347">Festus</s>; <sn="235">but</s> I speak <sn="669">forth</s> the <sn="4487">words</s> of <sn="225">truth</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4997">soberness</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s><sn="1987">knoweth</s><sn="4012">of</s> these <sn="5130">things</s>, <sn="4314">before</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">also</s> I <sn="2980">speak</s><sn="3955">freely</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> I am <sn="3982">persuaded</s> that <sn="3756 5100">none</s> of these <sn="5130">things</s> are <sn="2990">hidden</s> from <sn="846">him</s>; <sn="1063">for</s> this <sn="5124">thing</s><sn="2076">was</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4238">done</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="1137">corner</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="935">King</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s>, <sn="4100">believest</s> thou <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>? I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> thou <sn="4100">believest</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s><sn="5346">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3972">Paul</s>, <sn="1722 3641">Almost</s> thou <sn="3982">persuadest</s><sn="3165">me</s> to <sn="1096">be</s> a <sn="5546">Christian</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2036">said</s>, I <sn="2172 302">would</s> to <sn="2316">God</s>, that <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3440">only</s><sn="4571">thou</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3956">all</s> that <sn="191">hear</s><sn="3450">me</s> this <sn="4594">day</s>, <sn="1096">were</s><sn="2532">both</s><sn="1722 3641">almost</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722 4183">altogether</s><sn="5108">such</s><sn="3697">as</s><sn="2504">I</s><sn="1510">am</s>, <sn="3924">except</s><sn="5130">these</s><sn="1199">bonds</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="2532">And</s> when <sn="846">he</s> had <sn="5023">thus</s><sn="2036">spoken</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">king</s> rose <sn="450">up</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2232">governor</s>, <sn="5037">and</s><sn="959">Bernice</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they that sat <sn="4775">with</s><sn="846">them</s>: </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2532">And</s> when they were gone <sn="402">aside</s>, they <sn="2980">talked</s> between <sn="4314 240">themselves</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="3778">This</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="4238">doeth</s><sn="3762">nothing</s><sn="514">worthy</s> of <sn="2288">death</s><sn="2228">or</s> of <sn="1199">bonds</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="5346">said</s><sn="67">Agrippa</s> unto <sn="5347">Festus</s>, <sn="3778">This</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="1410">might</s> have been set at <sn="630">liberty</s>, <sn="1487">if</s> he had <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1941">appealed</s> unto <sn="2541">Caesar</s>. </v>