Acts 26:1-7 ▼

1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You may now speak on your own behalf.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

2 “I count myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am to defend myself before you today against all the charges made against me by the Jews,

3 especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. And therefore I beg you to listen patiently.

4 My manner of living from my youth, a life spent from the beginning among my people and in Jerusalem, all [the] Jews know.

5 They have known about me from the start, if they are willing to testify, that I have lived my life as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.

6 But now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors.

7 Our twelve tribes hope to attain to that promise as they fervently worship God day and night; and on account of this hope I am accused by Jews, O king.