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I will deliver you from the People and from the Goyim. I am sending you
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to open their eyes; so that they will turn from darkness to light, from the power of the Adversary to God, and thus receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who have been separated for holiness by putting their trust in me.'
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"So, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision from heaven!
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On the contrary, I announced first in Dammesek, then in Yerushalayim and throughout Y'hudah, and also to the Goyim, that they should turn from their sins to God and then do deeds consistent with that repentance.
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It was because of these things that Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.
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However, I have had God's help; so to this day, I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what both the prophets and Moshe said would happen -
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that the Messiah would die, and that he, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to both the People and the Goyim."
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But just as he reached this point in his defense, Festus shouted at the top of his voice, "Sha'ul, you're out of your mind! So much learning is driving you crazy!"
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But Sha'ul said, "No, I am not 'crazy,' Festus, your Excellency; on the contrary, I am speaking words of truth and sanity.
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For the king understands these matters, so to him I express myself freely, because I am sure that none of these things have been hidden from him. After all, they didn't happen in some back alley.
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King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe!"