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Acts 26:1-2
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Acts 26:1-2
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26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)
So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D)
Acts 26:1-2
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Acts 26:1-2
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Paul’s Defense before Agrippa
26 (A)Now Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul extended his hand and proceeded to make his defense:
2 “Regarding all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,
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Acts 26:1-2
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Acts 26:1-2
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26 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2 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:
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Acts 26:8-19
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Acts 26:8-19
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8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(A)
9 “I too was convinced(B) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(C) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(D) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(E) in prison,(F) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(G) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(H) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 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. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(I) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](J) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(K) 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.(L) 17 I will rescue you(M) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(N) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(O) and turn them from darkness to light,(P) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(Q) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(R)
19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(S) to the vision from heaven.
Footnotes
- Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew
Acts 26:8-19
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Acts 26:8-19
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8 Why is it considered incredible among you people (A)if God raises the dead?
9 “So (B)I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to (C)the name of Jesus [a]of Nazareth. 10 And this is [b]just what I (D)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the [c]saints in prisons, after (E)receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also (F)cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. 11 And (G)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was (H)extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them (I)even to [d]foreign cities.
12 “[e]While so engaged, (J)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [f]brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. 14 And when we had (K)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the [g](L)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [h]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and (M)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to (N)appoint you as a (O)servant and (P)a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 17 (Q)rescuing you (R)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to (S)open their eyes so that they may turn from (T)darkness to light, and from the [i]power of (U)Satan to God, that they may receive (V)forgiveness of sins and an (W)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by (X)faith in Me.’
19 “For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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- Acts 26:9 Or the Nazarene
- Acts 26:10 Lit also
- Acts 26:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Acts 26:11 Or outlying
- Acts 26:12 Lit In which things
- Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of
- Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
- Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick
- Acts 26:18 Or dominion
Acts 26:8-19
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Acts 26:8-19
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8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 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.
11 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.
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 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.
14 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.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16 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;
17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18 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.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
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