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Acts 26

Before Agrippa, Paul says his hope is the promise made to Israel’s fathers and asks why resurrection should seem incredible. He recounts persecuting believers, the risen Jesus confronting him, and Christ commissioning him as a witness to Jews and Gentiles. Paul says he preached that people should turn to God and do works meet for repentance, yet insists his message is exactly what Moses and the prophets said: Christ would suffer, rise first from the dead, and bring light. Agrippa is pressed personally, and the rulers conclude Paul could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.

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Before Agrippa, Paul says his hope is the promise made to Israel’s fathers and asks why resurrection should seem incredible. He recounts persecuting believers, the risen Jesus confronting him, and Christ commissioning him as a witness to Jews and Gentiles. Paul says he preached that people should turn to God and do works meet for repentance, yet insists his message is exactly what Moses and the prophets said: Christ would suffer, rise first from the dead, and bring light. Agrippa is pressed personally, and the rulers conclude Paul could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.

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Verses 1–11Paul describes his life as a Pharisee and his former persecution of ChristiansVerses 12–23Paul recounts the heavenly vision and his commission to turn people from darkness to lightVerses 24–32Festus interrupts, Agrippa hears the appeal, and the rulers agree Paul could have been freed without his appeal
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1Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak…2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer…3Especially because I know thee to be expert in all…4My manner of life from my youth, which was at…5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify,…6And now I stand and am judged for the hope…7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day…8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,…9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do…10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of…11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled…12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission…13At midday, O king, I saw in the way a…14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I…15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,…16But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have…17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto…18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness…19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the…20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,…21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple,…22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this…23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the…24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with…25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus;…26For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also…27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou…28Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to…29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only…30And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up,…31And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves,…32Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been…