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26:1	And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
26:2	`Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,
26:3	especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things -- both customs and questions -- among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.
26:4	`The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth -- which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem -- know do all the Jews,
26:5	knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
26:6	and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
26:7	to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
26:8	why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
26:9	`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,
26:10	which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,
26:11	and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining `them' to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting `them' even unto strange cities.
26:12	`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --
26:13	at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light -- and those going on with me;
26:14	and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!
26:15	`And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
26:16	but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things `in which' I will appear to thee,
26:17	delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
26:18	to open their eyes, to turn `them' from darkness to light, and `from' the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that `is' toward me.
26:19	`Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
26:20	but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;
26:21	because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill `me'.
26:22	`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,
26:23	that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'
26:24	And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'
26:25	and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;
26:26	for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;
26:27	thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!'
26:28	And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'
26:29	and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'
26:30	And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,
26:31	and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'
26:32	and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.'


26:1	Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: thou arte permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched forth the honde and answered for him selfe.
26:2	I thynke my selfe happy kynge Agrippa because I shall answere this daye before the of all the thinges wherof I am accused of ye Iewes
26:3	namely because thou arte experte in all customes and questions which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the to heare me paciently.
26:4	My lyvynge of a chylde which was at the fyrst amoge myne awne nacion at Ierusalem knowe all the Iewes
26:5	which knew me from ye beginnynge yf they wolde testifie it. For after the most straytest secte of oure laye lyved I a pharisaye.
26:6	And now I stond and am iudged for the hope of the promes made of God vnto oure fathers:
26:7	vnto which promes oure .xii. tribes instantly servynge God daye and nyght hope to come. For which hopes sake kynge Agrippa am I accused of the Iewes.
26:8	Why shuld it be thought a thinge vncredible vnto you that god shuld rayse agayne the deed?
26:9	I also verely thought in my selfe that I ought to do many cotrary thinges clene agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
26:10	which thinge I also dyd in Ierusalem. Where many of the sainctes I shut vp in preson and had receaved auctorite of ye hye prestes. And whe they were put to deeth I gave the sentence.
26:11	And I punysshed them ofte in every synagoge and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad apon them and persecuted the even vnto straunge cities.
26:12	About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes
26:13	even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.
26:14	When we were all fallen to the erth I hearde a voyce speakynge vnto me and sayinge in ye Hebrue tonge: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? It is harde for the to kicke agaynste the pricke.
26:15	And I sayde: Who arte thou lorde? And he sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.
26:16	But ryse and stond vp on thy fete. For I have apered vnto the for this purpose to make the a minister and a witnes both of tho thinges which thou hast sene and of tho thinges in the which I will appere vnto the
26:17	delyverynge the from the people and from ye gentyls vnto which nowe I sende the
26:18	to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght and from the power of Satan vnto God that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes and inheritauce amonge the which are sanctified by fayth in me.
26:19	Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the hevenly vision:
26:20	but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco and at Ierusalem and thorow out all the costes of Iewry and to the gentyls that they shuld repent and turne to God and do the ryght workes of repentaunce.
26:21	For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple and went about to kyll me.
26:22	Neverthelesse I obtayned helpe of God and cotynew vnto this daye witnessyng bothe to small and to greate saying none other thinges then those which the prophetes and Moses dyd saye shuld come
26:23	that Christ shulde suffre and that he shuld be the fyrst that shulde ryse from deeth and shuld shewe lyght vnto the people and the gentyls.
26:24	As he thus answered for him selfe: Festus sayde with a lowde voyce: Paul thou arte besides thy selfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.
26:25	And Paul sayde: I am not mad most dere Festus: but speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.
26:26	The kynge knoweth of these thinges before whom I speke frely: nether thynke I that eny of these thinges are hydden fro him. For this thinge was not done in a corner.
26:27	Kynge Agrippa belevest thou ye prophetes? I wote well thou belevest.
26:28	Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Sumwhat thou bringest me in mynde for to be come a Christen.
26:29	And Paul sayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but also all that heare me to daye were not sumwhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes.
26:30	And when he had thus spoken the kynge rose vp and the debite and Bernice and they that sate with them.
26:31	And when they were gone aparte they talked betwene them selves sayinge: This man doeth nothinge worthy of deeth nor of bondes.
26:32	Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus: This man myght have bene lowsed yf he had not appealed vnto Cesar.


26:1	Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Thou hast leue to speake for thy selfe.The Paul stretched forth the hande, and answered for himselfe:
26:2	I thinke my selfe happye (O kynge Agrippa) because I shal answere this daye before the, of all the thinges wherof I am accused of the Iewes:
26:3	specially for so moch as thou art experte in all customes and questions, which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the, to heare me paciently.
26:4	My lyuynge truly from youth vp (how it was led from the begynnynge amonge this people at Ierusale) knowe all the Iewes
26:5	which knewe me afore at the first, yf they wolde testifye, for after the most strayte secte of oure Iewysh lawe, I lyued a Pharise.
26:6	And now stonde I, and am iudged because of the hope of the promes, that was made of God vnto oure fathers,
26:7	vnto the which (promes) oure twolue trybes hope to come, seruynge God instatly daye and nighte. For the which hopes sake (O kynge Agrippa) I am accused of the Iewes.
26:8	Wherfore is this iudged amonge you not to be beleued, that God rayseth vp the deed?
26:9	I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth,
26:10	which I dyd at Ierusalem, whan I shut vp many sayntes in preson, whervpon I receaued auctorite of ye hye prestes. And wha they shulde be put to death, I broughte the sentence.
26:11	And thorow all the synagoges I punyshed them oft, and compelled the to blaspheme, and was exceadinge mad vpon them, and persecuted them euen vnto straunge cities.
26:12	Aboute which thinges as I wente towarde Damascon with auctorite and lycence of the hye prestes,
26:13	euen at myddaye (O kynge) I sawe in the waye, that a lighte from heaue (clearer then the brightnesse of the Sonne) shyned rounde aboute me, and them that iourneyed with me.
26:14	But whan we were all fallen downe to the earth, I herde a voyce speakynge vnto me, and sayege in Hebrue: Saul Saul, why persecutest thou me? It shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the prycke.
26:15	But I sayde: LORDE, who art thou? He sayde: I am Iesus, whom thou persecutest.
26:16	But ryse vp, and stonde vpon thy fete, for therfore haue I appeared vnto the, that I mighte ordeyne the to be a mynister and witnesse of it that thou hast sene, and that I wyll yet cause to appeare vnto the.
26:17	And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the,
26:18	to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.
26:19	Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision,
26:20	but shewed it first vnto them at Damascon, and at Ierusale, and in all the coastes of Iewry, and to the Heythen, that they shulde do pennaunce, and turne vnto God, and to do the righte workes of pennaunce.
26:21	For this cause the Iewes toke me in the temple, and wente aboute to kyll me.
26:22	But thorow the helpe of God lent vnto me, I stonde vnto this daye, and testifye both vnto small and greate, and saye no other thinge, the that ye prophetes haue sayde (that it shulde come to passe) and Moses,
26:23	that Christ shulde suffre, and be the first of the resurreccion from the deed, and shew light vnto the people, and to the Heythen.
26:24	Whan he thus answered for himselfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besydes thy selfe, moch lernynge maketh ye madd.
26:25	But Paul sayde: I am not madd (most deare Festus) but speake the wordes of trueth and sobernesse:
26:26	for ye kynge knoweth this well, vnto whom I speake frely. For I thinke that none off these thinges is hyd from him: for this was not done in a corner.
26:27	Beleuest thou the prophetes, O kynge Agrippa? I knowe that thou beleuest.
26:28	Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Thou persuadest me in a parte to become a Christen.
26:29	Paul sayde: I wolde to God, that (not onely in a parte but alltogether,) I mighte persuade not the onely, but all them that heare me this daye, to be soch I am, these bondes excepte.
26:30	And whan he had spoken this, the kynge rose vp, and the Debyte, and Bernice, and they that sat with them,
26:31	and wente asyde, and talked together, and sayde: This man hath done nothinge that is worthy of death or of bondes.
26:32	But Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: This man mighte haue bene lowsed, yf he had not appealed vnto the Emperoure.

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