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| Acts 26:1 | Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer. | And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying: | 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: |
| Acts 26:2 | I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am to answer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews. | In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me: | `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, |
| Acts 26:3 | Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. | The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end. | especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things both customs and questions among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me. |
| Acts 26:4 | And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: | All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem; | `The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem know do all the Jews, |
| Acts 26:5 | Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. | And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law. | 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; |
| Acts 26:6 | And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment: | And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers; | and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged, |
| Acts 26:7 | Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews. | For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king! | 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; |
| Acts 26:8 | Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God should raise the dead? | Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again? | why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead? |
| Acts 26:9 | And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. | For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth. | `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do, |
| Acts 26:10 | Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority of the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I brought the sentence. | And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them. | 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, |
| Acts 26:11 | And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. | And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns. | 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. |
| Acts 26:12 | Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest, | Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests, | `In which things, also, going on to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests |
| Acts 26:13 | At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me, and them that were in company with me. | In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me. | 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; |
| Acts 26:14 | And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad. | And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you. | 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! |
| Acts 26:15 | And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. | And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking. | `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; |
| Acts 26:16 | But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee, | But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me; | 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, |
| Acts 26:17 | Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee: | And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, | delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee, |
| Acts 26:18 | To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, by the faith that is in me. | To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me. | 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. |
| Acts 26:19 | Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision: | So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven; | `Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, |
| Acts 26:20 | But to them first that are at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance, and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance. | But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart. | 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; |
| Acts 26:21 | For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me. | For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death. | because of these things the Jews having caught me in the temple were endeavouring to kill [me]. |
| Acts 26:22 | But being aided by the help of God, I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other thing than those which the prophets, and Moses did say should come to pass: | And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about; | `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, |
| Acts 26:23 | That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and to the Gentiles. | That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles. | 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.` |
| Acts 26:24 | As he spoke these things, and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad. | And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced. | And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;` |
| Acts 26:25 | And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness. | Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise. | and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth; |
| Acts 26:26 | For the king knoweth of these things, to whom also I speak with confidence. For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him. For neither was any of these things done in a corner. | For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret. | 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; |
| Acts 26:27 | Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest. | King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have. | thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!` |
| Acts 26:28 | And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian. | And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian. | And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!` |
| Acts 26:29 | And Paul said: I would to God, that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me, this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands. | And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains. | 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.` |
| Acts 26:30 | And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them. | And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up; | And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them, |
| Acts 26:31 | And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands. | And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison. | and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;` |
| Acts 26:32 | And Agrippa said to Festus: This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar. | And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar. | and Agrippa said to Festus, `This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.` |
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