Acts 26:28
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And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

Almost.

Acts 26:29 And Paul said: I would to God that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands.

Acts 24:25 And as he treated of justice and chastity and of the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee.

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Matthew 10:18 And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:

Mark 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

Mark 10:17-22 And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting? . . .

2 Corinthians 4:2 But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness nor adulterating the word of God: but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God.

James 1:23,24 For if a man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man beholding his own countenance in a glass. . . .

Context
Festus Interrupts Paul's Defense
27Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest. 28And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian. 29And Paul said: I would to God that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands.…
Cross References
Acts 11:26
And they conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians.

Acts 26:27
Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest.

Lexicon
Then
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Agrippa
Ἀγρίππας (Agrippas)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 67: Agrippa, i.e. Herod Agrippa II. Apparently from agrios and hippos; wild-horse tamer; Agrippas, one of the Herods.

[said] to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Paul,
Παῦλον (Paulon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle.

“Can you persuade
πείθεις (peitheis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3982: A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.

me
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

in
Ἐν (En)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

such a short [time]
ὀλίγῳ (oligō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3641: Puny; especially neuter somewhat.

to become
ποιῆσαι (poiēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

a Christian?”
Χριστιανὸν (Christianon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5546: A Christian. From Christos; a Christian, i.e. Follower of Christ.


Additional Translations
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Within so little time do you persuade me to become a Christian?"

Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.

And Agrippa'said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Agrippa answered, "In brief, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."

Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?"

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'
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