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Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.
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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.
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Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions, that are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
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And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:
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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.
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And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:
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Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?
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And I indeed did formerly think that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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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.