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1 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait permittitur tibi loqui pro temet ipso tunc Paulus extenta manu coepit rationem reddere
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:
2 de omnibus quibus accusor a Iudaeis rex Agrippa aestimo me beatum apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie
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"I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
3 maxime te sciente omnia quae apud Iudaeos sunt consuetudines et quaestiones propter quod obsecro patienter me audias
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especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 et quidem vitam meam a iuventute quae ab initio fuit in gente mea in Hierosolymis noverunt omnes Iudaei
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My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
5 praescientes me ab initio si velint testimonium perhibere quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostrae religionis vixi Pharisaeus
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They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 et nunc in spe quae ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo sto iudicio subiectus
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And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
7 in quam duodecim tribus nostrae nocte ac die deservientes sperant devenire de qua spe accusor a Iudaeis rex
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To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
8 quid incredibile iudicatur apud vos si Deus mortuos suscitat
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Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
9 et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Iesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere
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Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 quod et feci Hierosolymis et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta et cum occiderentur detuli sententiam
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This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos conpellebam blasphemare et amplius insaniens in eos persequebar usque in exteras civitates
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And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12 in quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum
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"While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant
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at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
14 omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram audivi vocem loquentem mihi hebraica lingua Saule Saule quid me persequeris durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare
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And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15 ego autem dixi quis es Domine Dominus autem dixit ego sum Iesus quem tu persequeris
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So I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 sed exsurge et sta super pedes tuos ad hoc enim apparui tibi ut constituam te ministrum et testem eorum quae vidisti et eorum quibus apparebo tibi
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But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
17 eripiens te de populo et gentibus in quas nunc ego mitto te
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I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
18 aperire oculos eorum ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem et de potestate Satanae ad Deum ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum et sortem inter sanctos per fidem quae est in me
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to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
19 unde rex Agrippa non fui incredulus caelestis visionis
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"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 sed his qui sunt Damasci primum et Hierosolymis et in omnem regionem Iudaeae et gentibus adnuntiabam ut paenitentiam agerent et converterentur ad Deum digna paenitentiae opera facientes
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but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
21 hac ex causa me Iudaei cum essem in templo conprehensum temptabant interficere
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For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22 auxilio autem adiutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem sto testificans minori atque maiori nihil extra dicens quam ea quae prophetae sunt locuti futura esse et Moses
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Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come--
23 si passibilis Christus si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum lumen adnuntiaturus est populo et gentibus
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that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
24 haec loquente eo et rationem reddente Festus magna voce dixit insanis Paule multae te litterae ad insaniam convertunt
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Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!"
25 at Paulus non insanio inquit optime Feste sed veritatis et sobrietatis verba eloquor
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But he said, "I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason.
26 scit enim de his rex ad quem et constanter loquor latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror neque enim in angulo quicquam horum gestum est
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For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.
27 credis rex Agrippa prophetis scio quia credis
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe."
28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum in modico suades me Christianum fieri
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Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You almost persuade me to become a Christian."
29 et Paulus opto apud Deum et in modico et in magno non tantum te sed et omnes hos qui audiunt hodie fieri tales qualis et ego sum exceptis vinculis his
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And Paul said, "I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains."
30 et exsurrexit rex et praeses et Bernice et qui adsidebant eis
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When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;
31 et cum secessissent loquebantur ad invicem dicentes quia nihil morte aut vinculorum dignum quid facit homo iste
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and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, "This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains."
32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit dimitti poterat homo hic si non appellasset Caesarem
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Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
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