Acts 26:24-32 - Not Quite Persuaded
24 As he said this in his defense, Festus called out, "You are raving, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"
25 "I am not raving, your Excellency Festus," said Paul, "I am telling the sober truth. 26 The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner! 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do!"
28 "You are in a hurry to persuade me and make a Christian of me!" Agrippa said to Paul.
29 "In a hurry or not," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who hear me today, might be what I am??xcept for these chains!"
30 Then the king rose, with the governor and Bernice and those who had sat with them, 31 and after leaving the room, in talking the matter over together, they said, "This man has not done anything to deserve death or imprisonment."
32 "He might have been set at liberty," said Agrippa to Festus, "if he had not appealed to the emperor."