WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.440 Chapter 26, Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. 00:06.720 --> 00:11.300 Then Paul stretched forth a hand, and answered for himself, I think myself 00:11.300 --> 00:16.680 happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day, before thee, 00:17.180 --> 00:22.800 touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews, especially because I 00:22.800 --> 00:27.540 know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. 00:28.300 --> 00:31.780 Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 00:33.260 --> 00:38.400 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own 00:38.400 --> 00:43.940 nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews, which knew me from the beginning, 00:44.080 --> 00:50.460 if they would testify that after the most straightest sect of our religion I lived a 00:50.460 --> 00:51.040 Pharisee. 00:51.700 --> 00:58.500 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our 00:58.500 --> 01:04.720 fathers, unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and 01:04.720 --> 01:06.060 night, hope to come. 01:06.960 --> 01:11.540 For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews? 01:12.520 --> 01:16.780 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise 01:16.780 --> 01:17.320 the dead? 01:17.320 --> 01:23.060 I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of 01:23.060 --> 01:24.160 Jesus of Nazareth. 01:25.020 --> 01:30.160 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in 01:30.160 --> 01:33.400 prison, having received authority from the chief priests. 01:33.820 --> 01:37.620 And when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 01:38.120 --> 01:43.000 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to 01:43.000 --> 01:43.680 blaspheme. 01:43.680 --> 01:49.460 And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange 01:49.460 --> 01:49.960 cities. 01:50.740 --> 01:55.340 Whereupon as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the 01:55.340 --> 02:03.400 chief priests, at midday, O King, I saw in the way a light from heaven above 02:03.400 --> 02:09.240 the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 02:10.080 --> 02:16.460 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, 02:16.740 --> 02:24.080 and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 02:24.620 --> 02:28.120 It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 02:28.660 --> 02:31.580 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? 02:31.920 --> 02:36.320 And he said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. 02:36.900 --> 02:42.760 But rise and stand upon thy feet, for I have appeared unto thee for this 02:42.760 --> 02:48.060 purpose, to make thee a minister, and a witness both of these things which 02:48.060 --> 02:52.600 thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee, 02:53.420 --> 02:58.340 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I 02:58.340 --> 03:04.860 send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, 03:04.860 --> 03:12.340 and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, 03:12.780 --> 03:17.980 and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 03:19.240 --> 03:24.640 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision, 03:25.260 --> 03:30.420 but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the 03:30.420 --> 03:36.840 coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, 03:36.940 --> 03:39.080 and do works meet for repentance. 03:39.920 --> 03:44.960 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. 03:46.000 --> 03:52.820 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both 03:52.820 --> 03:58.480 to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and 03:58.480 --> 04:04.280 Moses did say should come, that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the 04:04.280 --> 04:09.120 first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, 04:09.680 --> 04:10.900 and to the Gentiles. 04:11.740 --> 04:15.600 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, 04:15.820 --> 04:18.140 Paul, thou art beside thyself. 04:18.480 --> 04:20.940 Much learning doth make thee mad. 04:21.360 --> 04:28.000 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth 04:28.000 --> 04:29.000 and soberness. 04:29.730 --> 04:34.740 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely. 04:35.300 --> 04:39.700 For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him, for this thing 04:39.700 --> 04:41.160 was not done in a corner. 04:42.320 --> 04:45.560 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? 04:46.400 --> 04:47.980 I know that thou believest. 04:48.480 --> 04:53.700 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 04:54.240 --> 05:00.800 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear 05:00.800 --> 05:06.980 me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these 05:06.980 --> 05:07.340 bonds. 05:07.860 --> 05:11.760 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, 05:11.840 --> 05:13.060 and they that sat with them. 05:13.680 --> 05:16.520 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, 05:16.640 --> 05:20.860 saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 05:20.860 --> 05:25.100 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, 05:25.720 --> 05:27.780 if he had not appealed unto Caesar.