Acts 26:1-11 And, Agrippa, to Paul, said––It is permitted thee, on thine own behalf, to be speaking. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, went on to make his defence.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And, Agrippa, to Paul, said––It is permitted thee, on thine own behalf, to be speaking. Then Paul, stretching forth his hand, went on to make his defence. ² Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I have been counting myself happy, that, before thee, am I about, this day, to be making my defence; ³ especially, as thou art, well–versed, in all the Jewish customs and questions. Wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently, to hear me. ⁴ My manner of life, then, from my youth, which, from its commencement, was formed among my nation, even in Jerusalem, know all Jews, ⁵ inasmuch as they were aforetime observing me, from the outset,––if they please to bear witness,––that, according to the strictest sect of our own religion, I lived, a Pharisee. ⁶ And, now, for the hope of the promise, unto our fathers, being brought to pass by God, am I standing to be judged,–– ⁷ unto which [hope], our twelve–tribed nation, with intensity, night and day, rendering divine service, is hoping to attain––concerning which hope, I am being accused by Jews, O King! ⁸ What! incredible, is it judged with you, that, God the dead doth raise? ⁹ I, therefore, imagined to myself, that, against the name of Jesus the Nazarene, it was needful, many hostile things, to bring about,–– ¹⁰ which also I did in Jerusalem, yea and, many of the saints, I myself, in prisons, shut up,––the authority, from the High–priests, having received: and, when they were to be put to death, I brought against them my vote; ¹¹ and, throughout all the synagogues, ofttimes punishing them, I would fain have compelled them to defame; and, being excessively maddened against them, I went on to pursue them as far as even the outlying cities.