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Then Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
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I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee, concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews:
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Especially, [because I know] thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
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My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
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Who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify) that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
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And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:
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To which [promise] our twelve tribes, assiduously serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
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I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].