Acts 26:16-32 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶‘But rise up and ^astand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to ^bappoint you a ^cservant and ^da witness not only to the things which you have ¹seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; ¹⁷^arescuing you ^bfrom the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, ¹⁸to ^aopen their eyes so that they may turn from ^bdarkness to light and from the authority of ^cSatan to God, that they may receive ^dforgiveness of sins and an ^einheritance among those who have been sanctified by ^ffaith in Me.’

¹⁹“So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, ²⁰but kept declaring both ^ato those of Damascus first, and also ^bat Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even ^cto the Gentiles, that they should ^drepent and turn to God, practicing deeds ^eappropriate to repentance. ²¹“For this reason some Jews ^aseized me in the temple and were trying ^bto put me to death. ²²“Therefore, having obtained help from God to this day, I stand here ^abearing witness both to small and great, stating nothing but what ^bthe Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; ²³¹^,^athat the ²Christ was ³to suffer, and ⁴that ^bas first of the resurrection from the dead, He was going to proclaim ^clight both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

²⁴Now while ¹Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! ²Great ^alearning is driving you out of your mind.” ²⁵But Paul *said, “I am not out of my mind, ^amost excellent Festus, but I utter words ¹of sober truth. ²⁶“For the king ¹^,^aknows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a ²corner. ²⁷“King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you believe.” ²⁸But Agrippa replied to Paul, “¹In such short time ²are you persuading me to become a ^aChristian?” ²⁹And Paul said, “I would pray to God, that whether ¹in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these ^achains.”

³⁰^aAnd the king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them, ³¹and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “^aThis man is not doing anything worthy of death or ¹imprisonment.” ³²And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been ^aset free if he had not ^bappealed to Caesar.”