Thomson(i)
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Upon which Paul stretched forth his hand and made this defence.
2 Touching all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am this day to make my defence before thee,
3 specially skilled as thou art in all the Jewish customs and controversies; therefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 My course of life; that from my youth; that which from the beginning was led among my own nation at Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews.
5 They have a prior knowledge of me from an early period, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 And now I stand arraigned for a hope of the promise which God made to our fathers,
7 and which our twelve tribes, by their continual services night and day, hope to obtain: for which hope, O king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
8 It is deemed among you somewhat incredible that God raiseth the dead;
9 as for me I indeed myself thought that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10 And this I did at Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received this authority from the chief priests. And when they were put to death, I gave assent.
11 And in all the synagogues many a time did I, by torments, urge them to blaspheme. And being transported to madness against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.