Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Agrippa said unto
Paul, `It
is
permitted
to
thee
to speak for thyself;'
then Paul having
stretched forth
the
hand ,
was
making
a
defence
:
Agrippa said to
Paul, “You
have
permission
to speak for yourself.”
Then Paul stretched out
his
hand and
began
his
defense
:
`Concerning
all
things
of
which
I
am
accused
by
Jews,
king Agrippa, I have
thought
myself happy,
being
about
to make
a
defence
before thee
to -day
,
“
King Agrippa, I consider
myself fortunate
to stand
before you
today
to defend
myself
against
all
the
accusations
of
the
Jews
,
especially knowing
thee
to
be
acquainted with all things
--
both
customs and questions
--
among
Jews;
wherefore,
I beseech
thee
, patiently
to hear
me.
especially since
you
are
acquainted with all the
Jewish
customs and controversies.
I beg
you
, therefore,
to listen
to
me patiently
.
`
The manner
of my life
then,
indeed,
from
youth --
which
from
the
beginning
was
among my nation,
in Jerusalem --
know
do
all
the
Jews,
Surely
all
the Jews
know
how
I
have
lived
from
the
earliest
days
of my youth ,
among my own
people
and
in Jerusalem .
knowing
me before
from
the
first
, (
if they may
be
willing to
testify
, )
that after
the
most
exact
sect
of
our
worship,
I lived a Pharisee ;
They
have
known
me for
a
long
time
and
can
testify
, if they are
willing, that I lived as
a Pharisee ,
adhering
to
the
strictest
sect
of
our
religion.
and now for
the
hope
of the promise made to the
fathers by
God
, I
have
stood
judged,
And now I
stand
on
trial
because
of my
hope
in
the promise that
God
made to our
fathers,
to
which
our twelve tribes ,
intently
night
and
day serving,
do
hope to
come
, concerning
which
hope
I am accused ,
king
Agrippa,
by the Jews ;
the
promise
our twelve tribes are
hoping
to
realize
as
they
earnestly
serve
God
day and
night.
It
is
because
of
this
hope, O
king,
that
I am accused by the Jews .
why is
it judged
incredible with
you,
if
God doth
raise
the dead?
Why would
any
of
you
consider
it incredible that
God raises
the dead?
`I,
indeed,
therefore,
thought
with
myself
, that against
the name of Jesus of Nazareth it
behoved
`me'
many
things
to
do,
So
then
, I
too
was
convinced
that I
ought
to
do
all
I
could
to
oppose
the name of Jesus of Nazareth .
which
also
I did in Jerusalem ,
and
many of the saints I
in prison did
shut
up
, from
the
chief
priests
having
received
the
authority;
they also
being
put
to death, I gave
my vote against them ,
And
that
is
what
I did in Jerusalem .
With
authority
from
the
chief
priests
I
put
many of the saints in prison, and
when
they were
condemned
to death, I cast
my vote against them .
and
in
every
synagogue,
often
punishing
them, I was
constraining
`them'
to speak
evil,
being
also
exceedingly
mad
against them, I was
also
persecuting
`them'
even unto
strange
cities.
I
frequently
had
them punished
in
the
synagogues
, and
I tried
to make
them
blaspheme.
In
my
raging
fury
against them, I even went
to
foreign
cities to
persecute
them
.
`
In which
things,
also,
going
on to Damascus --
with authority and commission from
the chief priests --
In this
pursuit
I
was
on my
way
to Damascus with the
authority and commission of
the chief priests .
at
mid-day,
I
saw
in
the
way
, O king, out
of
heaven, above
the
brightness
of
the sun, shining round
about
me a
light
--
and those
going
on
with
me;
About
noon
, O king, as
I
was
on
the
road,
I
saw
a
light
from
heaven, brighter
than
the sun, shining around
me and my
companions.
and
we all having
fallen
to the earth
, I heard a voice speaking
unto
me ,
and
saying
in the
Hebrew dialect
, Saul, Saul, why me
dost
thou
persecute? hard for thee
against
pricks
to kick !
We all fell
to the ground
, and
I heard a voice say
to
me in Hebrew, ‘
Saul, Saul, why do
you
persecute Me
? It
is
hard for you
to kick against
the
goads.’
`And
I
said,
Who art
thou
, Lord? and
he
said,
I am Jesus whom thou
dost
persecute;
‘
Who are
You
, Lord? ’
I asked.
‘I
am Jesus ,
whom you
are
persecuting,’
the
Lord
replied.
but rise,
and stand upon
thy
feet ,
for
for this
I appeared to thee,
to appoint thee
an
officer
and a witness both
of the
things
thou
didst
see,
and of
the
things
`in
which'
I will appear
to
thee,
‘
But get
up
and stand on
your
feet .
For I have
appeared to you
to appoint you
as
a
servant
and as
a witness of what
you
have
seen
from
Me
and what
I will show
you.
delivering
thee
from the
people ,
and the nations,
to
whom
now
I send
thee,
I
will
rescue
you
from your
own
people and from
the Gentiles.
I am
sending
you
to
them
to open their eyes, to
turn `them'
from darkness to light ,
and `
from '
the authority
of the
Adversary
unto
God, for
their
receiving
forgiveness of sins ,
and a
lot
among those having
been
sanctified ,
by faith that
`is'
toward
me.
to open their eyes, so
that
they
may
turn from darkness to light and from the power
of Satan
to
God, that
they
may
receive
forgiveness of sins and an
inheritance
among those sanctified by faith in
Me. ’
`Whereupon
, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision ,
So
then
, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision .
but
to those in Damascus first,
and to
those
in
Jerusalem, to all
the region also
of Judea, and to the nations
, I was
preaching
to
reform,
and to
turn back
unto
God, doing
works
worthy of reformation;
First
to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then
to everyone
in
the region of Judea, and then
to the Gentiles
, I declared
that
they
should
repent
and turn to
God, performing
deeds
worthy of their
repentance.
because
of
these
things
the Jews --
having
caught
me in the temple --
were
endeavouring
to kill `
me '
.
For
this
reason
the Jews seized
me in the temple courts
and
tried
to kill me.
`Having
obtained,
therefore,
help from
God,
till
this day, I have
stood
witnessing
both
to small and to
great ,
saying nothing besides
the
things
that
both
the prophets and Moses spake
of
as
about
to
come,
But
I
have
had
God’s
help to
this day, and
I stand
here
to testify
to
small and great alike.
I
am
saying nothing beyond
what
the prophets and Moses said
would
happen:
that the Christ is
to
suffer, whether
first by
a
rising
from the dead, he
is
about
to
proclaim light to the
people and to the nations
. '
that the Christ would
suffer, and
as
the
first to
rise
from the dead, would
proclaim light to our
people and to the Gentiles
. ”
And,
he
thus
making
a
defence
, Festus with
a loud voice said
, `Thou
art
mad
, Paul ;
much
learning doth
turn
thee
mad;'
At
this
stage
of
Paul’s
defense
, Festus exclaimed
in
a loud voice, “You
are
insane
, Paul !
Your
great
learning is
driving
you
to
madness!”
and
he
saith
, `
I am not mad
, most noble
Festus ,
but
of truth and soberness
the
sayings
I
speak
forth;
But
Paul
answered
, “
I am not insane
, most excellent
Festus ;
I
am
speaking
words
of truth and sobriety.
for the king doth
know
concerning
these things
, before
whom
also
I speak boldly,
for
none
of
these
things,
I am persuaded,
are
hidden
from
him;
for
this thing
hath
not been
done in a corner ;
For the king knows
about
these matters
, and
I can
speak freely
to
him.
I am confident
that
none
of
this has
escaped
his
notice,
because
it
was
not done in a corner .
thou
dost
believe,
king Agrippa, the prophets? I have
known
that
thou
dost
believe!'
King Agrippa, do
you
believe
the prophets? I know
you
do.”
And
Agrippa said unto
Paul, `In
a
little
thou
dost
persuade me to become a Christian !'
Then
Agrippa said to
Paul, “Can
you
persuade me in
such
a
short
time
to become a Christian ?”
and
Paul said
, `
I would
have
wished
to God ,
both
in
a
little,
and
in
much,
not only thee,
but also
all those
hearing
me to-
day ,
to
become such
as
I also
am --
except these bonds
. '
“Short
time
or
long,”
Paul replied
, “
I wish
to God that
not only you
but all who
hear
me this
day may
become what
I am ,
except for
these chains
. ”
And,
he
having
spoken
these
things,
the king rose
up,
and the governor, Bernice also,
and those sitting
with them ,
Then
the king and the governor rose
, along
with
Bernice and those seated
with them .
and
having
withdrawn
, they were
speaking
unto
one another, saying
--
`
This man doth
nothing worthy of death or of
bonds;'
On
their
way
out
, they said
to
one another, “
This man has
done
nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
and Agrippa said to Festus, `
This man might
have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar. '
And Agrippa said to Festus, “
This man could
have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar. ”
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