| Acts 26:7 |
to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, worshipping strenuously night and day. It is for this hope, your Excellency, that I am being accused by Jews! |
| Acts 26:8 |
Why is it thought incredible among you that God raises the dead? |
| Acts 26:9 |
I thought to myself that I ought to do many deeds hostile to the (to | τό | acc sg neut) name of Jesus of (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) Nazareth. |
| Acts 26:10 |
And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) saints, after receiving authority from the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. |
| Acts 26:11 |
And I punished them often in all the (tas | τάς | acc pl fem) synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme; and since I was so vehemently angry at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities. |
| Acts 26:12 |
“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with authority and commission from (tēs | τῆς | gen sg fem) the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) chief priests, |
| Acts 26:13 |
and at midday I saw on the (tēn | τήν | acc sg fem) way, O king, a light from heaven, brighter than the (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) sun, that shone around me and those (tous | τούς | acc pl masc) who journeyed with me. |
| Acts 26:14 |
And when we had all fallen to the (tēn | τήν | acc sg fem) ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the (tē | τῇ | dat sg fem) Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ |
| Acts 26:15 |
And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the (ho | ὁ | nom sg masc) Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. |
| Acts 26:16 |
But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a servant and witness both to the things in which you have seen and to those in which I will appear to you. |
| Acts 26:17 |
I will rescue you from your (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) people and from the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl neut) Gentiles, to whom I am sending you |
| Acts 26:18 |
to open their eyes, that (tou | τοῦ | gen sg neut) they turn from darkness to light, and from the (tēs | τῆς | gen sg fem) power of (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) Satan to God, that (tou | τοῦ | gen sg neut) they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those (tois | τοῖς | dat pl masc) who are sanctified by faith in me.’ |
| Acts 26:19 |
So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the (tē | τῇ | dat sg fem) heavenly vision, |
| Acts 26:20 |
but I declared to those (tois | τοῖς | dat pl masc) in Damascus first, then also to those in Jerusalem and through all the (tēn | τήν | acc sg fem) region of (tēs | τῆς | gen sg fem) Judea, and to the (tois | τοῖς | dat pl neut) Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing works worthy of (tēs | τῆς | gen sg fem) repentance. |
| Acts 26:21 |
It was for that reason that the Jews seized me in the (tō | τῷ | dat sg neut) temple and tried to kill me. |
| Acts 26:22 |
Obtaining help, therefore, from God, until this day I have stood testifying both to small and great, saying nothing beyond what the (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) prophets and Moses said would come to pass: |
| Acts 26:23 |
that the (ho | ὁ | nom sg masc) Christ was to suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our (tō | τῷ | dat sg masc) people and to the (tois | τοῖς | dat pl neut) Gentiles.” |
| Acts 26:24 |
As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Much learning is driving you insane!” |
| Acts 26:25 |
But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but true and rational are the words that I declare. |
| Acts 26:26 |
For the (ho | ὁ | nom sg masc) king knows about these matters, and to him I am speaking boldly, for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. |
| Acts 26:27 |
Do you believe, King Agrippa, in the (tois | τοῖς | dat pl masc) prophets? I know that you believe.” |
| Acts 26:28 |
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “In too short a time you believe you are making a Christian of me.” |
| Acts 26:29 |
Paul replied, “I would to (tō | τῷ | dat sg masc) God that whether the time be short or long, not only you but also all those (tous | τούς | acc pl masc) who are listening to me today would also become as I am, apart for these chains.” |
| Acts 26:30 |
Then the (ho | ὁ | nom sg masc) king stood up, and the (ho | ὁ | nom sg masc) governor and Bernice and those (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) sitting with them; |
| Acts 26:31 |
and after they had left the room, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” |