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Acts 26

Paul's Defense before Agrippa

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 aAgrippag67 saidg5346 to Paulg3972, "You are permittedg2010 to speakg3004 for yourselfg4572." Theng5119 Paulg3972 stretchedg1614 out his handg5495 and proceeded to makeg626 his defenseg626:

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"In regardg4012 to allg3956 the thingsg3956 of whichg3739 I am accusedg1458 by the Jewsg2453, I considerg2233 myselfg1683 fortunateg3107, Kingg935 Agrippag67, that I amg3195 aboutg3195 to makeg626 my defenseg626 beforeg1909 you todayg4594;

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 1especiallyg3122 because you are an expertg1109 in allg3956  acustomsg1485 and  2questionsg2213 amongg2596 the Jewsg2453; thereforeg1352 I begg1189a you to listeng191 to me patientlyg3116.

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"Sog3767 theng3767, allg3956 Jewsg2453 knowg3609a  amy mannerg981 of lifeg981 from my youthg3503 up, which from the beginningg746 was spentg1096 amongg1722 my own nationg1484 and at Jerusalemg2414;

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since they have knowng4267 about me for a longg509 timeg509, ifg1437 they are willingg2309 to testifyg3140, that I livedg2198 as a  aPhariseeg5330  baccordingg2596 to the strictestg198a  csectg139 of our religiong2356.

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"And nowg3568 I am  1standingg2476 trialg2919  afor the hopeg1680 of  bthe promiseg1860 madeg1096 by Godg2316 to our fathersg3962;

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the promise  ato whichg3739 our twelveg1429 tribesg1429 hopeg1679 to attaing2658, as they earnestlyg1722g1616 serveg3000 God nightg3571 and dayg2250. And for thisg3739  bhopeg1680, O Kingg935, I am being  caccusedg1458 by Jewsg2453.

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"Whyg5101 is it consideredg2919 incredibleg571 amongg3844 you people  aifg1487 Godg2316 does raiseg1453 the deadg3498?

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"Sog3767 theng3767,  aI thoughtg1380 to myselfg1683 that I hadg1163 to dog4238 manyg4183 thingsg4183 hostileg1727 to  bthe nameg3686 of Jesusg2424 of Nazarethg3480.

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"And thisg3739 is  1justg2532 whatg3739 I  adidg4160 in Jerusalemg2414; not onlyg2532g5037 did I lockg2623 up manyg4183 of the  2saintsg40 in prisonsg5438, having  breceivedg2983 authorityg1849 from the chiefg749 priestsg749, but alsog5037 when they were being putg337 to deathg337 I  ccastg2702 my voteg5586 againstg2702 them.

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"And  aas I punishedg5097 them ofteng4178 in allg3956 the synagoguesg4864, I tried to forceg315 them to blasphemeg987; and being  bfuriouslyg4057 enragedg1693 at them, I kept pursuingg1377 them  ceveng2193 to  1foreigng1854 citiesg4172.

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1Whileg1722 sog3739 engaged  aas I was journeyingg4198 to Damascusg1154 with the authorityg1849 and commissiong2011 of the chiefg749 priestsg749,

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at middayg2250g3319, O Kingg935, I sawg3708 on the wayg3598 a lightg5457 from heaveng3771,  1brighterg2987 thang5228 the sung2246, shiningg4034 all aroundg4034 me and thoseg3588 who were journeyingg4198 with me.

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"And when we had  aallg3956 falleng2667 to the groundg1093, I heardg191 a voiceg5456 sayingg3004 to me in the  1 bHebrewg1446 dialectg1258, `Saulg4549, Saulg4549, whyg5101 are you persecutingg1377 Me?  2It is hardg4642 for you to kickg2979b againstg4314 the goadsg2759.'

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"And I saidg3004, `Whog5101 are You, Lordg2962?' And the Lordg2962 saidg3004, `I amg1510 Jesusg2424 whomg3739 you are persecutingg1377.

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`But getg450 up and  astandg2476 on your feetg4228; for thisg3778 purpose I have appearedg3708 to you, to  bappointg4400 you a  cministerg5257 and  da witnessg3144 not onlyg5037 to the things whichg3739 you have  1seeng3708, but alsog5037 to the things in whichg3739 I will appearg3708 to you;

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 arescuingg1807 you  bfrom the Jewish peopleg2992 and from the Gentilesg1484, to whomg3739 I am sendingg649 you,

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to  aopeng455 their eyesg3788 so that they may turng1994 from  bdarknessg4655 to lightg5457 and from the dominiong1849 of  cSatang4567 to Godg2316, that they may receiveg2983  dforgivenessg859 of sinsg266 and an  einheritanceg2819 amongg1722 thoseg3588 who have been sanctifiedg37 by  ffaithg4102 in Me.'

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"Sog3606, Kingg935 Agrippag67, I did not proveg1096 disobedientg545 to the heavenlyg3770 visiong3701,

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but kept declaringg518 bothg5037  ato thoseg3588 of Damascusg1154 firstg4413, and also  bat Jerusalemg2414 and then throughout allg3956 the regiong5561 of Judeag2453, and even  cto the Gentilesg1484, that they should  drepentg3340 and turng1994 to Godg2316, performingg4238 deedsg2041  eappropriateg514 to repentanceg3341.

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"For thisg3778 reasong1752a some Jewsg2453  aseizedg4815 me in the templeg2413 and triedg3987  bto putg1315a me to deathg1315a.

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"Sog3767, having obtainedg5177 helpg1947 from Godg2316, I standg2476 to thisg3778 dayg2250  atestifyingg3143 bothg5037 to smallg3398 and greatg3173, statingg3004 nothingg3762 but whatg3739  bthe Prophetsg4396 and Mosesg3475 saidg2980 was goingg3195 to takeg1096 placeg1096;

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 1 athat  2the Christg5547 was  3to sufferg3805, and  1that  bby reasong1537 of His resurrectiong386 from the deadg3498 He wouldg3195 be the firstg4413 to proclaimg2605  clightg5457 bothg5037 to the Jewish peopleg2992 and to the Gentilesg1484."

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While Paul was sayingg626 thisg3778 in his defenseg626, Festusg5347 *saidg5346 in a loudg3173 voiceg5456, "Paulg3972, you are out of your mindg3105!  1Your greatg4183  alearningg1121 is  2drivingg4062 you madg3130."

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But Paulg3972 *saidg5346, "I amg3105 not out of my mindg3105,  amostg2903 excellentg2903 Festusg5347, but I utterg669 wordsg4487  1of soberg4997 truthg225.

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"For the kingg935  1 aknowsg1987 aboutg4012 theseg3778 matters, and I speakg2980 to him alsog2532 with confidenceg3955, sinceg1063 I am persuadedg3982 that noneg3756g3762 of theseg3778 thingsg3778 escapeg2990 his noticeg2990; for thisg3778 has not beeng1510 doneg4238 in a  2cornerg1137.

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"Kingg935 Agrippag67, do you believeg4100 the Prophetsg4396? I knowg3609a that you  1dog4100."

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Agrippag67 replied to Paulg3972, " 1In a shortg3641 timeg3641 you  2will persuadeg3982 me to  3becomeg4160 a  aChristiang5546."

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And Paulg3972 said,1I wouldg2172 wishg2172 to Godg2316, that whetherg2532  2in a shortg3641 org2532 longg3173 timeg3173, not onlyg3440 you, but alsog2532 allg3956 who hearg191 me thisg4594 dayg4594, might becomeg1096 suchg5108 as I amg1510, exceptg3924 for theseg3778  achainsg1199."

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 aThe kingg935 stoodg450 up and the governorg2232 and Berniceg959, and thoseg3588 who were sittingg4775 with them,

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and when they had goneg402 asideg402, they began talkingg2980 to oneg240 anotherg240, sayingg3004, " aThisg3778 mang444 is not doingg4238 anythingg3762 worthyg514 of deathg2288 org2228  1imprisonmentg1199."

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And Agrippag67 saidg5346 to Festusg5347, "Thisg3778 mang444 mightg1410 have beeng1096  asetg630 freeg630 ifg1487 he had not  bappealedg1941 to Caesarg2541."



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