Thematic Bible
Acts 26:1 (show verse)
And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul reaching forth his hand, proceeded with his defence:
Acts 26:2 (show verse)
O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:
Acts 26:3 (show verse)
especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.
Acts 26:4 (show verse)
Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem,
Acts 26:5 (show verse)
knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Acts 26:6 (show verse)
And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:
Acts 26:7 (show verse)
unto which our twelve tribes constantly worshiping night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, O king.
Acts 26:8 (show verse)
Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise the dead?
Acts 26:9 (show verse)
Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:
Acts 26:10 (show verse)
which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;
Acts 26:11 (show verse)
and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.
Acts 26:12 (show verse)
Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,
Acts 26:13 (show verse)
about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;
Acts 26:14 (show verse)
and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.
Acts 26:15 (show verse)
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou art persecuting.
Acts 26:16 (show verse)
But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;
Acts 26:17 (show verse)
delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Acts 26:18 (show verse)
to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Acts 26:19 (show verse)
Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
Acts 26:20 (show verse)
but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.
Acts 26:21 (show verse)
On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me.
Acts 26:22 (show verse)
Then having received help from God, I have stood unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said were about to come to pass:
Acts 26:23 (show verse)
how that Christ must suffer, how being the first from the resurrection of the dead, he is to proclaim light both to the people, and the Gentiles.
Acts 26:24 (show verse)
And he making his defence to these things, Festus says with a loud voice, O Paul, thou art beside thyself; many writings turned thee into insanity.
Acts 26:25 (show verse)
But Paul says, I am not a maniac, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
Acts 26:26 (show verse)
For the king, to whom I also speak boldly, knows concerning these things: for I am persuaded that nothing of these things is hidden; for this has not been done in a corner.
No Themes for this verse.
Acts 26:27 (show verse)
O king Agrippa, dost thou believe the prophets? I know that thou believest them.
Acts 26:28 (show verse)
And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.
Acts 26:29 (show verse)
And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.
Acts 26:30 (show verse)
And the king, and the governor, and Bernice, and those sitting with them, arose up:
Acts 26:31 (show verse)
and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts 26:32 (show verse)
But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.