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| Acts 26:1 | 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: | And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence: | And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: |
| Acts 26:2 | `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 count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews, | I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews: |
| Acts 26:3 | especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things both customs and questions among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me. | especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. | especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. |
| Acts 26:4 | `The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem know do all the Jews, | My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews, | My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; |
| Acts 26:5 | 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; | who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. | having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. |
| Acts 26:6 | and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged, | And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, | And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; |
| Acts 26:7 | 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; | to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews. | unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, earnestly serving [God] night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! |
| Acts 26:8 | why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead? | Why should it be judged a thing incredible in your sight if God raises the dead? | Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead? |
| Acts 26:9 | `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do, | *I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean. | I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| Acts 26:10 | 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 in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote. | And this I also did in Jerusalem: and 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. |
| Acts 26:11 | 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 often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land]. | And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities. |
| Acts 26:12 | `In which things, also, going on to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests | And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests, | Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, |
| Acts 26:13 | 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 mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven round about me and those who were journeying with me. | at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me. |
| Acts 26:14 | 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 to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against goads. | And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. |
| Acts 26:15 | `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 said, *I* am Jesus whom *thou* persecutest: | And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. |
| Acts 26:16 | 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 on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in, | But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; |
| Acts 26:17 | delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee, | taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee, | delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, |
| Acts 26:18 | 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 turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. | to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. |
| Acts 26:19 | `Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, | Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision; | Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: |
| Acts 26:20 | 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 have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. | but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. |
| Acts 26:21 | because of these things the Jews having caught me in the temple were endeavouring to kill [me]. | On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me. | For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me. |
| Acts 26:22 | `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, | Having therefore met with [the] help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen, | Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come; |
| Acts 26:23 | 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.` | [namely,] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations. | how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 26:24 | And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;` | And as he answered for his defence with these things, Festus says with a loud voice, Thou art mad, Paul; much learning turns thee to madness. | And as he thus made his defense, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad. |
| Acts 26:25 | and he saith, `I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth; | But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but utter words of truth and soberness; | But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness. |
| Acts 26:26 | 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 is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner. | For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner. |
| Acts 26:27 | thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!` | King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. | King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. |
| Acts 26:28 | 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. | And Agrippa [said] unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian. |
| Acts 26:29 | 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, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds. | And Paul [said], I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds. |
| Acts 26:30 | And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them, | And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them, | And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: |
| Acts 26:31 | and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying `This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;` | and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. | and when they had withdrawn, they spake one to another, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. |
| Acts 26:32 | 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 let go if he had not appealed to Caesar. | And Agrippa said unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. |
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