Acts 26:24-32 - Not Quite Persuaded

²⁴ While Paul was making this defense, Festus called out loudly: "You are mad, Paul; your great learning is driving you mad."

²⁵ "I am not mad, your Excellency," he replied; "on the contrary, the statements that I am making are true and sober. ²⁶ Indeed, the King knows about these matters, so I speak before him without constraint. I am sure that there is nothing whatever of what I have been telling him that has escaped his attention; for all this has not been done in a corner. ²⁷ King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you do."

²⁸ But Agrippa said to Paul: "You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!"

²⁹ "Whether it is soon or late," answered Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might to-day become just what I am myself--except for these chains!"

³⁰ Then the King rose, with the Governor and Bernice and those who had been sitting with them, ³¹ And, after retiring, discussed the case among themselves. "There is nothing," they said, "deserving death or imprisonment in this man's conduct";

³² And, speaking to Festus, Agrippa added: "The man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to the Emperor."