Acts 26:16-32

16‘ButG235 get upG450 andG2532 standG2476 onG1909 yourG4771 feetG4228. ForG1063 I have appearedG3708 to youG4771 toG1519 appointG3778G4400 youG4771 as a servantG5257 andG2532 as a witnessG3144 of whatG3739 you have seenG3708 from MeG1473 andG5037 whatG3739 I will showG3708 youG4771. 17I will rescueG1807 youG4771 fromG1537 your own peopleG2992 andG2532 fromG1537 theG3588 GentilesG1484. IG1473 am sendingG649 youG4771 toG1519 them 18to openG455 theirG846 eyesG3788, so thatG3588 they may turnG1994 fromG575 darknessG4655 toG1519 lightG5457 andG2532 from theG3588 powerG1849 of SatanG4567 toG1909 GodG2316, that theyG846 may receiveG2983 forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 andG2532 an inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 sanctifiedG37 by faithG4102 inG1519 MeG1473.’

19So thenG3606, KingG935 AgrippaG67, I wasG1096 notG3756 disobedientG545 to theG3588 heavenlyG3770 visionG3701. 20FirstG4412 to thoseG3588 inG1722 DamascusG1154 andG2532 JerusalemG2414, thenG5037 to everyoneG3956 in theG3588 regionG5561 of JudeaG2449, and thenG2532 to theG3588 GentilesG1484, I declared thatG518 they should repentG3340 andG2532 turnG1994 toG1909 GodG2316, performingG4238 deedsG2041 worthyG514 of their repentanceG3341. 21For this reasonG1752G3778 the JewsG2453 seizedG4815 meG1473 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts1 and triedG3987 to killG1315 me.

22But I have hadG5177 God’sG575G3588G2316 helpG1947 toG891 thisG3778 dayG2250, and I standG2476 here to testifyG3143 to smallG3398 andG2532 greatG3173 alikeG5037. I am sayingG3004 nothingG3762 beyondG1622 whatG3739 theG3588 prophetsG4396 andG2532 MosesG3475 saidG2980 wouldG3195 happenG1096: 23thatG1487 theG3588 ChristG5547 would sufferG3805, and as the firstG4413 to riseG386 fromG1537 the deadG3498, wouldG3195 proclaimG2605 lightG5457 toG3588 our peopleG2992 andG2532 to theG3588 GentilesG1484.”

24At this stageG3778 ofG846 Paul’s defenseG626, FestusG5347 exclaimedG5346 in a loudG3173 voiceG5456, “You are insaneG3105, PaulG3972! Your greatG4183 learningG1121 is drivingG4062 youG4771 toG1519 madnessG3130!”

25ButG1161 PaulG3972 answeredG5346, “I am not insaneG3756G3105, most excellentG2903 FestusG5347; I am speakingG669 wordsG4487 of truthG225 andG2532 sobrietyG4997. 26ForG1063 theG3588 kingG935 knowsG1987 aboutG4012 theseG3778 matters, andG2532 I can speakG2980 freelyG3955 toG4314 him. I am confident thatG1063G3756G3982 noneG3762G5100 of thisG3778 has escapedG2990 hisG846 notice, becauseG1063 it wasG1510 notG3756 doneG4238 inG1722 a cornerG1137. 27KingG935 AgrippaG67, do you believeG4100 theG3588 prophetsG4396? I knowG1492 youG4100 do.”

28ThenG1161 AgrippaG67 said toG4314 PaulG3972, “Can you persuadeG3982 meG1473 inG1722 such a shortG3641 time to becomeG4160 a ChristianG5546?”

29“ShortG2532G1722G3641 time or longG1722G3173,” PaulG3972 replied, “I wishG2172 to GodG2316 thatG302 notG3756 onlyG3440 youG4771 butG235 allG3956 whoG3588 hearG191 meG1473 this dayG4594 may becomeG1096 whatG5108G3697 IG1473 amG1510, except forG3924 theseG3778 chainsG1199.”

30ThenG5037 theG3588 kingG935 andG2532 theG3588 governorG2232 roseG450, along withG5037 BerniceG959 andG2532 thoseG3588 seated withG4775 themG846. 31On their way outG402, they saidG2980 toG4314 one anotherG240, “ThisG3778 manG444 has doneG4238 nothingG3762G5100 worthyG514 of deathG2288 orG2228 imprisonmentG1199.”

32AndG1161 AgrippaG67 saidG5346 toG3588 FestusG5347, “ThisG3778 manG444 couldG1410 have been releasedG630 ifG1487 he had not appealedG3361G1941 to CaesarG2541.”