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And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:
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I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
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especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
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My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
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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.
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And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,