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Acts 23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Acts 23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Acts 23:4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?Acts 23:5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Acts 23:7And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.Acts 24:26He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.Acts 24:27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.Acts 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:Acts 26:3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.Acts 26:4My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Acts 26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Acts 26:6And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;Acts 26:7unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!Acts 26:8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 26:10And this I also did in Jerusalem: and 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.Acts 26:11And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.Acts 26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,Acts 26:13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.Acts 26:15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.Acts 26:16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.Acts 26:19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:Acts 26:20but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.Acts 26:21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;Acts 26:23how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.Acts 26:24And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.Acts 26:25But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.Acts 26:26For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.Acts 26:27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.Acts 26:28And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.Acts 26:29And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.Acts 26:30And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:Acts 26:31and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.Acts 26:32And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
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