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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: SCode Act 9:15
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"King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews, SCode Act 25:7 Act 26:7 Act 25:19
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and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently. SCode Act 6:14 Act 18:15
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"The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. SCode Act 24:17 Act 28:19 Gal 1:13
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They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee. SCode Act 22:3 Act 24:5 Act 23:6 Jas 1:26~27
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And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today. SCode Act 13:32
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This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me. SCode Ezr 6:17 Mt 19:28 Lk 22:30 Act 26:2 Act 2:33 Phil 3:11 Heb 11:13 Heb 10:36 Heb 11:39 Jas 1:1 Rev 21:12
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Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead? SCode Act 17:3 1Cor 15:12
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"I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. SCode Jn 16:2 Act 22:8 Act 3:17 1Tim 1:13
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And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. SCode Act 9:1~2 Act 8:3 Act 22:4~5 Act 26:12 Act 9:14 Act 22:20 Act 9:21
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Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities. SCode Act 9:1 Act 22:5 Act 22:19 Act 13:45~46
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"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. SCode Act 9:3~8 Act 22:6~11 Act 26:12~18
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About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
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We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ’Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ SCode Act 22:2 Act 21:40
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"Then I asked, ’Who are you, Lord?’ " ’I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
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’Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. SCode Ezk 2:1 Dan 10:11 Act 22:14~15
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I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them SCode 1Chr 16:35 Jer 1:8 Jer 1:19 Jer 15:20 Act 12:11 Act 9:15 Rom 11:13 1Tim 2:7
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to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ SCode Isa 35:5 Isa 42:7 Lk 22:53 Act 15:9 Act 5:31 Act 20:32 1Cor 5:5 2Th 2:13
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"So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. SCode Act 26:13
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First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. SCode Mt 3:8 Lk 3:8 Act 14:15 Act 22:17~20 Act 9:19~20 Act 9:26~29 Act 2:38
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That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. SCode Act 24:18 Act 21:27 Act 21:30~31
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But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen - SCode Act 24:14 Act 10:43 2Cor 1:10 Eph 6:13 Heb 13:5~6
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that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles." SCode Lk 24:26 Lk 2:32 Jn 12:34 Act 3:18 Act 26:18 Rom 1:4 1Cor 15:20 1Cor 15:23 Eph 2:17 Col 1:18 Heb 2:10 Rev 1:5
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At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. "You are out of your mind, Paul!" he shouted. "Your great learning is driving you insane." SCode 2Ki 9:11 Jer 29:26 Mk 3:21 Jn 10:20 Act 26:8 Act 12:15 Act 17:32 1Cor 4:10 1Cor 2:14 1Cor 1:23
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"I am not insane, most excellent Festus," Paul replied. "What I am saying is true and reasonable. SCode Act 24:2 2Cor 5:13 2Pet 1:16
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The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. SCode Act 26:3
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do."
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?" SCode Act 11:26 1Pet 4:16
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Paul replied, "Short time or long - I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains." SCode Act 21:33 1Cor 7:7
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The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them. SCode Act 23:24
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After they left the room, they began saying to one another, "This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment." SCode Act 23:29
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Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar." SCode Act 25:11 Act 9:15 Act 28:18 Act 28:19
NIV Footnotes
  1. 26:14 Or Hebrew
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