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Paul Shares His Testimony with Herod Agrippa (Part 1)
Pastor Scott Brenner Acts 26:1-11
[26:1] Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself：
[26:2] "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,
[26:3] "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.
[26:4] "My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
[26:5] "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.
[26:6] "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
[26:7] "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.
[26:8] "Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
[26:9] "Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[26:10] "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.
[26:11] "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.
[26:2] "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,
[26:3] "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.
[26:4] "My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
[26:5] "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.
[26:6] "And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
[26:7] "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.
[26:8] "Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
[26:9] "Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[26:10] "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.
[26:11] "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.
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