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Acts 26 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Paul’s Defense before Agrippa

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:1 -

Now G1161 Agrippa G67 said G5346 to Paul G3972, “You are permitted G2010 to speak G3004 for yourself G4572.” Then G5119 Paul G3972 extended G1614 his hand G5495 and proceeded to make G626 his defense G626:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 -

“Regarding G4012 all G3956 the things G3956 of which G3739 I am accused G1458 by the Jews G2453, King G935 Agrippa G67, I consider G2233 myself G1683 fortunate G3107 that I am G3195 about G3195 to G3195 make G626 my defense G626 before G1909 you today G4594,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:3 - [fn]especially G3122 because you are an expert G1109 in all G3956 customs G1485 and [fn]questions G2213 among G2596 the Jews G2453; therefore G1352 I beg G1189 you to listen G191 to me patiently G3116.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:4 -

“So G3767 then G3767, all G3956 Jews G2453 know G6063 my way G981 of G981 life G981 since G1537 my youth G3503, which from the beginning G746 was spent G1096 among G1722 my own nation G1484 and in Jerusalem G2414,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - since they have known G4267 about me for a long G509 time G509, if G1437 they are willing G2309 to testify G3140, that I lived G2198 as a Pharisee G5330 according G2596 to the strictest G196 sect G139 of our religion G2356.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:6 - “And now G3568 I am standing G2476 trial G2919 for the hope G1680 of the promise G1860 made G1096 by God G2316 to our fathers G3962;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - the promise to which G3739 our twelve G1429 tribes G1429 hope G1679 to attain G2658, as they earnestly G1722 G1616 serve G3000 God night G3571 and day G2250. For this G3739 hope G1680, O king G935, I am being accused G1458 by Jews G2453.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:8 - “Why G5101 is it considered G2919 incredible G571 among G3844 you people if G1487 God G2316 raises G1453 the dead G3498?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 -

“So G3767 I thought G1380 to myself G1683 that I had G1163 to act G4238 in strong G4183 opposition G1727 to the name G3686 of Jesus G2424 [fn]of Nazareth G3480.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:10 - “And this G3739 is [fn]just G2532 what G3739 I did G4160 in Jerusalem G2414; not G2532 G5037 only G2532 G5037 did I lock G2623 up G2623 many G4183 of the [fn]saints G40 in prisons G5438, after receiving G2983 authority G1849 from the chief G749 priests G749, but G5037 I also G5037 cast G2702 my vote G5586 against G2702 them when they were being put G337 to G337 death G337.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - “And as I punished G5097 them often G4178 in all G3956 the synagogues G4864, I tried to force G315 them to blaspheme G987; and since I was extremely G4057 enraged G1693 at G1693 them, I kept pursuing G1377 them even G2193 G2532 to [fn]foreign G1854 cities G4172.
(Act 9:1–19; 22:6–16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:12 -

“[fn]While G1722 so G3739 engaged, as I was journeying G4198 to Damascus G1154 with the authority G1849 and commission G2011 of the chief G749 priests G749,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at midday G2250 G3319, O king G935, I saw G3708 on the way G3598 a light G5457 from heaven G3771, [fn]brighter G2987 than G5228 the sun G2246, shining G4034 around G4034 me and those G3588 who were journeying G4198 with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all G3956 fallen G2667 to the ground G1093, I heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect G1258, ‘Saul G4549, Saul G4549, why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me? [fn]It is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the goads G2759.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:15 - “And I said G3004, ‘Who G5101 are You, Lord G2962?’ And the Lord G2962 said G3004, ‘I am G1510 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 you are persecuting G1377.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - ‘But get G450 up G450 and stand G2476 on your feet G4228; for this G3778 purpose I have appeared G3708 to you, to appoint G4400 you as a servant G5257 and a witness G3144 not only G5037 to the things in which G3739 you have seen G3708 Me, but also G5037 to the things in which G3739 I will appear G3708 to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:17 - rescuing G1807 you from the Jewish people G2992 and from the Gentiles G1484, to whom G3739 I am sending G649 you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - to open G455 their eyes G3788 so that they may turn G1994 from darkness G4655 to light G5457, and from the [fn]power G1849 of Satan G4567 to God G2316, that they may receive G2983 forgiveness G859 of sins G266 and an inheritance G2819 among G1722 those G3588 who have been sanctified G37 by faith G4102 in Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 -

“For G3606 that G3606 reason G3606, King G935 Agrippa G67, I did not prove G1096 disobedient G545 to the heavenly G3770 vision G3701,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but continually proclaimed G518 to those G3588 in Damascus G1154 first G4413, and in Jerusalem G2414, and then all G3956 the region G5561 of Judea G2449, and even to the Gentiles G1484, that they are to repent G3340 and turn G1994 to God G2316, performing G4238 deeds G2041 consistent G514 with repentance G3341.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:21 - “For these G3778 reasons G6025 some Jews G2453 seized G4815 me in the temple G2413 and tried G3987 to murder G1315 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:22 - “So G3767, having obtained G5177 help G1947 from God G2316, I stand G2476 to this G3778 day G2250 testifying G3143 both G5037 to small G3398 and great G3173, stating G3004 nothing G3762 but what G3739 the Prophets G4396 and Moses G3475 said G2980 was G3195 going G3195 to G3195 take G1096 place G1096,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:23 - as to whether G1487 the [fn]Christ G5547 was [fn]to suffer G3805, and whether G1487, as first G4413 from the resurrection G386 of the dead G3498, He would G3195 proclaim G2605 light G5457 both G5037 to the Jewish people G2992 and to the Gentiles G1484.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:24 -

While [fn]Paul was stating G626 these G3778 things G3778 in G626 his defense G626, Festus G5347 *said G5346 in a loud G3173 voice G5456, “Paul G3972, you are G3105 out G3105 of G3105 your mind G3105! [fn]Your great G4183 learning G1121 is [fn]driving G4062 you insane G3130.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:25 - But Paul G3972 *said G5346, “I am G3105 not insane G3105, most G2903 excellent G2903 Festus G5347; on G235 the G235 contrary G235, I am speaking G669 out G669 with [fn]truthful G225 and rational G4997 words G4487.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king G935 [fn]knows G1987 about G4012 these G3778 matters, and I also G2532 speak G2980 to him with confidence G3955, since G1063 I am persuaded G3982 that none G3756 G3762 of these G3778 things G3778 escape G2990 his notice G2990; for this G3778 has not been G1510 done G4238 in a [fn]corner G1137.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - “King G935 Agrippa G67, do you believe G4100 the Prophets G4396? I know G6063 that you believe G4100.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:28 - Agrippa G67 replied to Paul G3972, “[fn]In a short G3641 time you are going to persuade G3982 me to [fn]make G4160 a Christian G5546 of myself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - And Paul G3972 said, “I would G2172 [fn]wish G2172 to God G2316 that even G2532 [fn]in a short G3641 or G2532 long G3173 time not only G3440 you, but also G2532 all G3956 who hear G191 me this G4594 day G4594 would become G1096 such G5108 as I myself G1473 am G1510, except G3924 for these G3778 chains G1199.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 -

The king G935 stood G450 up G450 and the governor G2232 and Bernice G959, and those G3588 who were sitting G4775 with them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and when they had gone G402 out G402, they began talking G2980 to one G240 another G240, saying G3004, “This G3778 man G444 is not doing G4238 anything G3762 deserving G514 death G2288 or G2228 [fn]imprisonment G1199.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:32 - And Agrippa G67 said G5346 to Festus G5347, “This G3778 man G444 could G1410 have been G1096 set G630 free G630 if G1487 he had not appealed G1941 to G1941 Caesar G2541.”
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Or because you are especially expert
Or controversial issues
Or the Nazarene
Lit also
Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Or outlying
Lit In which things
Lit above the brightness of
I.e., Jewish Aramaic
An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick
Or dominion
I.e., Messiah
Lit subject to suffering
Lit he
Lit The many letters; i.e., education
Lit turning you to madness
Lit words of truth and rationality
Or understands
I.e., a hidden or secret place
Or With a little
Or act as a Christian
Or pray to
Or with a little or with much
Lit bonds
*
See the NASB20 Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.
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