Act 26:1 Then Agrippa told Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense:
Act 26:2 “On the matter of charges made against me by the Judeans, King Agrippa, I am pleased to present my defense before you today,
Act 26:3 especially since you are an expert on the customs and controversies concerning Judaism. Therefore I humbly ask that you patiently listen to me.
Act 26:4 “The manner in which I’ve lived my life, from my early youth in my nation as well as in Jerusalem, is something the Judeans are well aware of.
Act 26:5 And having known me before from the beginning, they would have to admit that I lived as a Pharisee in the strictest sense of the word.
Act 26:6 And now, it is because of my hope in the promise that came from God to our ancestors that I stand trial.
Act 26:7 The twelve tribes of our people offer divine service night and day in this same hope, O King, yet here I am on trial for it!
Act 26:8 How can you all consider it unbelievable that God should raise the dead?
Act 26:9 “I had considered it my duty to commit many acts against the name of Jesus the Nazarene,
Act 26:10 including in Jerusalem. I even locked up many of the holy ones in jail, having obtained jurisdiction from the ruling priests, and I voted in favor of the death penalty.
Act 26:11 I pursued them in the synagogues to punish them and force them to commit slander against God. I was in such an insane rage against them that I also persecuted them in foreign cities.
Act 26:12 “During one such persecution I was on my way to Damascus with the jurisdiction and permission of the ruling priests.
Act 26:13 While on the road around noon, O King, a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shone all around me and my traveling companions.
Act 26:14 When we had all dropped to the ground I heard a voice say to me in the Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? Resistance is futile!’
Act 26:15 “So I said, ‘Who are you, sir?’ “ ‘I am Jesus’, he answered, ‘the one you are persecuting!
Act 26:16 Now get up and stand on your feet, because the reason I appeared to you is that you were prepared in advance to be a slave and a witness, both of what you have seen and of what I will show you.
Act 26:17 I will set you apart from the Judeans, as well as from the non-Judeans to whom I am commissioning you.
Act 26:18 You are to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the jurisdiction of The Adversary to that of God, and to obtain for them an acquittal for their failures and an inheritance along with those who have been made holy by faith in me.’
Act 26:19 “King Agrippa, I did not react to this heavenly vision with hostility,
Act 26:20 but went at once to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem, to those throughout the province of Judea, and to the non-Judeans. I proclaimed that they must change their minds and turn back to God, and then live accordingly.
Act 26:21 It was on this account that the Judeans took hold of me to arrest me when I was in the temple compound.
Act 26:22 “But because God has come to my aid to this day, I stand here testifying to both the lowly and the exalted. I have said nothing beyond what Moses and the prophets said would happen:
Act 26:23 that the Anointed would suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead he would proclaim light to Judeans and non-Judeans alike.”
Act 26:24 As he was presenting his defense, Festus shouted, “You’re insane, Paul! Too much education has driven you mad!”
Act 26:25 “On the contrary, great Festus,” Paul replied, “I am speaking divinely-given rational truth.
Act 26:26 Since the king is adept at what I’ve been talking about so boldly, I’m sure that none of this has escaped his notice; this whole affair did not happen in a corner.
Act 26:27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do!”
Act 26:28 “Do you think that you can persuade me to become a Christian in such a short time?” Agrippa asked Paul.
Act 26:29 “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “My intent before God is that not only you but all who have heard me today will become as I am, except for these chains!”
Act 26:30 Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them stood up,
Act 26:31 and as they left the court they said to each other, “This person has done nothing worthy of the death penalty or imprisonment.”
Act 26:32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “He could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Act 26:1 αγριππας δε προς τον παυλον εφη επιτρεπεται σοι περι σεαυτου λεγειν τοτε ὁ παυλος εκτεινας την χειρα απελογειτο
Act 26:2 περι παντων ὡν εγκαλουμαι ὑπο ιουδαιων βασιλευ αγριππα ἡγημαι εμαυτον μακαριον επι σου μελλων σημερον απολογεισθαι
Act 26:3 μαλιστα γνωστην οντα σε παντων των κατα ιουδαιους εθων τε και ζητηματων διο δεομαι μακροθυμως ακουσαι μου
Act 26:4 την μεν ουν βιωσιν μου την εκ νεοτητος την απ᾽ αρχης γενομενην εν τω εθνει μου εν τε ἱεροσολυμοις ισασι παντες οἱ ιουδαιοι
Act 26:5 προγινωσκοντες με ανωθεν εαν θελωσι μαρτυρειν ὁτι κατα την ακριβεστατην αἱρεσιν της ἡμετερας θρησκειας εζησα φαρισαιος
Act 26:6 και νυν επ᾽ ελπιδι της εις τους πατερας ἡμων επαγγελιας γενομενης ὑπο του θεου ἑστηκα κρινομενος
Act 26:7 εις ἡν το δωδεκαφυλον ἡμων εν εκτενεια νυκτα και ἡμεραν λατρευον ελπιζει καταντησαι περι ἡς ελπιδος εγκαλουμαι ὑπο ιουδαιων βασιλευ
Act 26:8 τι απιστον κρινεται παρ᾽ ὑμιν ει. ὁ θεος νεκρους εγειρει
Act 26:9 εγω μεν ουν εδοξα εμαυτω προς το ονομα ιησου του ναζωραιου δειν πολλα εναντια πραξαι
Act 26:10 ὁ και εποιησα εν ἱεροσολυμοις και πολλους τε των ἁγιων εγω εν φυλακαις κατεκλεισα την παρα των αρχιερεων εξουσιαν λαβων αναιρουμενων τε αυτων κατηνεγκα ψηφον
Act 26:11 και κατα πασας τας συναγωγας πολλακις τιμωρων αυτους ηναγκαζον βλασφημειν περισσως τε εμμαινομενος αυτοις εδιωκον. ἑως και εις τας εξω πολεις
Act 26:12 εν οἱς πορευομενος εις την δαμασκον μετ᾽ εξουσιας και επιτροπης της των αρχιερεων
Act 26:13 ἡμερας μεσης κατα την ὁδον ειδον βασιλευ ουρανοθεν ὑπερ την λαμπροτητα του ἡλιου περιλαμψαν με φως και τους συν εμοι πορευομενους
Act 26:14 παντων τε καταπεσοντων ἡμων εις την γην ηκουσα φωνην λεγουσαν προς με τη ἑβραϊδι διαλεκτω σαουλ σαουλ τι με διωκεις σκληρον σοι προς κεντρα λακτιζειν
Act 26:15 εγω δε ειπα τις ει κυριε ὁ δε κυριος ειπεν εγω ειμι ιησους ὁν συ διωκεις
Act 26:16 αλλα αναστηθι και στηθι επι τους ποδας σου εις τουτο γαρ ωφθην σοι προχειρισασθαι σε ὑπηρετην και μαρτυρα ὡν τε ειδες με ὡν τε οφθησομαι σοι
Act 26:17 εξαιρουμενος σε εκ του λαου και εκ των εθνων εις οὑς εγω αποστελλω σε
Act 26:18 ανοιξαι οφθαλμους αυτων του επιστρεψαι απο σκοτους εις φως και της εξουσιας του σατανα επι τον θεον του λαβειν αυτους αφεσιν ἁμαρτιων και κληρον εν τοις ἡγιασμενοις πιστει τη εις εμε
Act 26:19 ὁθεν βασιλευ αγριππα ουκ εγενομην απειθης τη ουρανιω οπτασια
Act 26:20 αλλα τοις εν δαμασκω πρωτον τε και ἱεροσολυμοις πασαν τε την χωραν της ιουδαιας και τοις εθνεσιν απηγγελλον μετανοειν και επιστρεφειν επι τον θεον αξια της μετανοιας εργα πρασσοντας
Act 26:21 ἑνεκα τουτων με ιουδαιοι συλλαβομενοι οντα εν τω ἱερω επειρωντο διαχειρισασθαι
Act 26:22 επικουριας ουν τυχων της απο του θεου αχρι της ἡμερας ταυτης ἑστηκα μαρτυρομενος μικρω τε και μεγαλω ουδεν εκτος λεγων ὡν τε οἱ προφηται ελαλησαν μελλοντων γινεσθαι και μωϋσης
Act 26:23 ει. παθητος ὁ χριστος ει. πρωτος εξ αναστασεως νεκρων φως μελλει καταγγελλειν τω τε λαω και τοις εθνεσιν
Act 26:24 ταυτα δε αυτου απολογουμενου ὁ φηστος μεγαλη τη φωνη φησιν μαινη παυλε τα πολλα σε γραμματα εις μανιαν περιτρεπει
Act 26:25 ὁ δε παυλος ου μαινομαι φησιν κρατιστε φηστε αλλα αληθειας και σωφροσυνης ῥηματα αποφθεγγομαι
Act 26:26 επισταται γαρ περι τουτων ὁ βασιλευς προς ὁν και παρρησιαζομενος λαλω λανθανειν γαρ αυτον τι τουτων ου πειθομαι ουθεν ου γαρ εστιν εν γωνια πεπραγμενον τουτο
Act 26:27 πιστευεις βασιλευ αγριππα τοις προφηταις οιδα ὁτι πιστευεις
Act 26:28 ὁ δε αγριππας προς τον παυλον εν ολιγω με πειθεις χριστιανον ποιησαι
Act 26:29 ὁ δε παυλος ευξαιμην αν τω θεω και εν ολιγω και εν μεγαλω ου μονον σε αλλα και παντας τους ακουοντας μου σημερον γενεσθαι τοιουτους ὁποιος και εγω ειμι παρεκτος των δεσμων τουτων
Act 26:30 ανεστη τε ὁ βασιλευς και ὁ ἡγεμων ἡ τε βερνικη και οἱ συγκαθημενοι αυτοις
Act 26:31 και αναχωρησαντες ελαλουν. προς αλληλους λεγοντες ὁτι ουδεν θανατου η δεσμων αξιον τι πρασσει ὁ ανθρωπος οὑτος
Act 26:32 αγριππας δε τω φηστω εφη απολελυσθαι εδυνατο ὁ ανθρωπος οὑτος ει. μη επεκεκλητο καισαρα