Acts 26 GW
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Agrippa said to Paul, “You’re free to speak for yourself.” Paul acknowledged King Agrippa and then began his defense.
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“King Agrippa, I think I’m fortunate today to stand in front of you and defend myself against every charge that the Jews brought against me.
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I say this since you are especially familiar with every custom and controversy in Judaism. So I ask you to listen patiently to me.
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“All the Jews know how I lived the earliest days of my youth with my own people and in Jerusalem.
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They’ve known me for a long time and can testify, if they’re willing, that I followed the strictest party of our religion. They know that I lived my life as a Pharisee.
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“I’m on trial now because I expect God to keep the promise that he made to our ancestors.
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Our twelve tribes expect this promise to be kept as they worship with intense devotion day and night. Your Majesty, the Jews are making accusations against me because I expect God to keep his promise.
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Why do all of you refuse to believe that God can bring dead people back to life?
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“I used to think that I had to do a lot of things to oppose the one named Jesus of Nazareth.
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That is what I did in Jerusalem. By the authority I received from the chief priests, I locked many Christians in prison. I voted to have them killed every time a vote was taken.
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I even went to each synagogue, punished believers, and forced them to curse the name of Jesus. In my furious rage against them, I hunted them down in cities outside Jerusalem.
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“I was carrying out these activities when I went to the city of Damascus. I had the power and authority of the chief priests.
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Your Majesty, at noon, while I was traveling, I saw a light that was brighter than the sun. The light came from the sky and shined around me and those who were with me.
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All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for a mortal like you to resist God.’
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“I asked, ‘Who are you, sir?’ “The Lord answered, ‘I am Jesus, the one you’re persecuting.
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Stand up! I have appeared to you for a reason. I’m appointing you to be a servant and witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.
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I will rescue you from the Jewish people and from the non-Jewish people to whom I am sending you.
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You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’
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“At that point I did not disobey the vision I saw from heaven, King Agrippa.
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Instead, I spread the message that I first told to the Jewish people in Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea. I spread the same message to non-Jewish people. Both groups were expected to change the way they thought and acted and to turn to God. I told them to do things that prove they had changed their lives.
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For this reason the Jews took me prisoner in the temple courtyard and tried to murder me.
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“God has been helping me to this day so that I can stand and testify to important and unimportant people. I tell them only what the prophets and Moses said would happen.
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They said that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to come back to life and would spread light to Jewish and non-Jewish people.”
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As Paul was defending himself in this way, Festus shouted, “Paul, you’re crazy! Too much education is driving you crazy!”
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Paul replied, “I’m not crazy, Your Excellency Festus. What I’m saying is true and sane.
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I can easily speak to a king who knows about these things. I’m sure that none of these things has escaped his attention. None of this was done secretly.
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe them!”
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Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think you can quickly persuade me to become a Christian?”
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Paul replied, “I wish to God that you and everyone listening to me today would quickly and completely become as I am (except for being a prisoner).”
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The king, the governor, Bernice, and the people who were sitting with them got up.
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As they were leaving, they said to each other, “This man isn’t doing anything for which he deserves to die or be put in prison.”
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Agrippa told Festus, “This man could have been set free if he hadn’t appealed his case to the emperor.”
Available Bible Translations
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Apostelgeschichte 26 (LUTH1912) »
प्रेरितों के काम 26 (HINIRV) »
ਰਸੂਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਕਰਤੱਬ 26 (PANIRV) »
पশিষ্যচরিত 26 (BENIRV) »
அப்போஸ்தலருடைய நடபடிகள் 26 (TAMIRV) »
प्रेषितांचीं कृत्यें 26 (MARIRV) »
అపొస్తలుల కార్యములు 26 (TELIRV) »
પ્રેરિતોનાં ક્રત્યો 26 (GUJIRV) »
ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲರ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು 26 (KANIRV) »
أَعْمَالُ ٱلرُّسُلِ 26 (AVD) »
מעשי השליחים 26 (HEB) »
Atos 26 (BSL) »
Công Vụ Các Sứ đồ 26 (VIE) »
Hechos 26 (RVA) »
Atti 26 (RIV) »
使 徒 行 传 26 (CUVS) »
使 徒 行 傳 26 (CUVT) »
Veprat e Apostujve 26 (ALB) »
Apostlagärningarna 26 (SV1917) »
Деяния 26 (RUSV) »
Дії 26 (UKR) »
Apostolok 26 (KAR) »
Деяния 26 (BULG) »
使徒行伝 26 (JPN) »
Apostlenes gjerninger 26 (NORSK) »
Matendo ya Mitume 26 (SWHULB) »
Dzieje 26 (POLUBG) »
Falimaha Rasuullada 26 (SOM) »
Handelingen 26 (NLD) »
Apostlenes Gerninger 26 (DA1871) »