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| Acts 26:1 | Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. | 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: | Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer. |
| Acts 26:2 | "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews, | `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, | 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. |
| Acts 26:3 | especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently. | especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things both customs and questions among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me. | Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. |
| Acts 26:4 | "Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own 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, | And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: |
| Acts 26:5 | having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. | 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; | 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. |
| Acts 26:6 | Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, | and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged, | And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment: |
| Acts 26:7 | which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa! | 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; | Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews. |
| Acts 26:8 | Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead? | why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead? | Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God should raise the dead? |
| Acts 26:9 | "I most assuredly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to 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, | And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| Acts 26:10 | This I also did in Jerusalem. 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. | 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, | 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. |
| Acts 26:11 | Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. | 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. | 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. |
| Acts 26:12 | "Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests, | `In which things, also, going on to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests | Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest, |
| Acts 26:13 | at noon, O King, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled 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; | 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. |
| Acts 26:14 | When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.' | 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! | 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. |
| Acts 26:15 | I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you persecute. | `And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; | And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. |
| Acts 26:16 | But arise, and stand on your feet, for to this end have I appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you; | 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 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, |
| Acts 26:17 | delivering you 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, | Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee: |
| Acts 26:18 | to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified 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. | 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. |
| Acts 26:19 | "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, | `Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, | Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision: |
| Acts 26:20 | but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. | 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; | 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. |
| Acts 26:21 | For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me. | because of these things the Jews having caught me in the temple were endeavouring to kill [me]. | For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me. |
| Acts 26:22 | Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come, | `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 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: |
| Acts 26:23 | how the Christ must suffer, and how he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to these 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.` | 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. |
| Acts 26:24 | As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!" | And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;` | 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. |
| Acts 26:25 | But he said, "I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but speak forth words of truth and soberness. | and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth; | And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness. |
| Acts 26:26 | For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner. | 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 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. |
| Acts 26:27 | King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe." | thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!` | Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest. |
| Acts 26:28 | Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?" | And Agrippa said unto Paul, `In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!` | And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian. |
| Acts 26:29 | Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds." | 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.` | 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. |
| Acts 26:30 | The king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them. | And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them, | And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them. |
| Acts 26:31 | When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds." | and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;` | And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worthy of death or of bands. |
| Acts 26:32 | Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar." | 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 might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar. |
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