1Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

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Acts 9:15, Acts 9:15, Proverbs 1:24, Acts 26:2, John 7:51

2"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Judeans,

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3especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

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Acts 6:14, Acts 6:14, Acts 26:26, Acts 26:26, Acts 21:21

4"Indeed, all Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

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Galatians 1:13, Galatians 1:13, 2 Timothy 3:10, Philippians 3:5, Acts 22:3

5having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

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Acts 23:6, Acts 23:6, Acts 22:3, Acts 22:3, Acts 22:5

6Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

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Acts 24:15, Acts 24:15, Titus 2:13, Acts 28:20, Titus 2:13

7which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Judeans, O King!

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James 1:1, James 1:1, 1 Timothy 5:5, Philippians 3:11, 1 Thessalonians 3:10

8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?

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1 Corinthians 15:12, 1 Corinthians 15:20, 1 Corinthians 15:12, 1 Corinthians 15:20, Acts 4:2

9"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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1 Timothy 1:13, 1 Timothy 1:13, Acts 22:8, Acts 22:8, Galatians 1:13

10This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

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Acts 8:3, Acts 8:3, Acts 9:21, Acts 9:13, Acts 9:14

11Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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Acts 13:45, Acts 22:19, Matthew 10:17, Acts 13:45, Acts 22:19

12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

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Acts 9:1, Acts 9:8, Acts 22:5, Acts 22:11, Acts 26:10

13at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

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Matthew 17:2, Matthew 17:2, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 1:16, Acts 22:6

14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

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Acts 21:40, Acts 21:40, Acts 9:7, Acts 22:2, Acts 9:7

15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

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John 15:20, John 15:21, John 15:20, John 15:21, Matthew 25:45

16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

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Acts 22:14, Acts 22:15, Acts 22:14, Acts 22:15, Ezekiel 2:1

17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

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Acts 9:15, Acts 9:15, 1 Timothy 2:7, 1 Timothy 2:7, Jeremiah 1:19

18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

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1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 2:9, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 1:18, Ephesians 5:8

19"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

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Isaiah 50:5, Isaiah 50:5, Galatians 1:16, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 2:8

20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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Matthew 3:8, Acts 3:19, Matthew 3:8, Acts 3:19, Acts 2:38

21For this reason Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

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Acts 21:30, Acts 21:31, Acts 21:30, Acts 21:31, Acts 21:27

22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said would happen,

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Acts 24:14, John 5:46, Acts 24:14, John 5:46, Luke 24:27

23how the Messiah must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

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Luke 24:26, Isaiah 53:1, Isaiah 53:12, Luke 24:26, Isaiah 53:1

24As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!"

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1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 2:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 1 Corinthians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 2:14

25But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

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Acts 23:26, Acts 23:26, Titus 2:7, Titus 2:8, Titus 1:9

26For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.

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Acts 26:2, Acts 26:3, Acts 26:2, Acts 26:3, Acts 2:1

27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe."

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Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23

28Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"

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Acts 11:26, Acts 11:26, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 10:18, James 1:23

29Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

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Ephesians 6:20, Ephesians 6:20, Colossians 1:28, Romans 10:1, Acts 21:33

30The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

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Acts 25:23, Acts 28:22, Acts 18:15, Acts 25:23, Acts 28:22

31When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

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Acts 23:29, Acts 23:29, Acts 23:9, Acts 23:9, Acts 28:18

32Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."

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Acts 28:18, Acts 28:18, Acts 25:11, Acts 25:12, Acts 25:11