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1 Agrippa said to Paul, |You're free to speak for yourself.| Paul acknowledged King Agrippa and then began his defense. 2 |King Agrippa, I think I'm fortunate today to stand in front of you and defend myself against every charge that the Jews brought against me. 3 I say this since you are especially familiar with every custom and controversy in Judaism. So I ask you to listen patiently to me. 4 |All the Jews know how I lived the earliest days of my youth with my own people and in Jerusalem. 5 They've known me for a long time and can testify, if they're willing, that I followed the strictest party of our religion. They know that I lived my life as a Pharisee. 6 |I'm on trial now because I expect God to keep the promise that he made to our ancestors. 7 Our twelve tribes expect this promise to be kept as they worship with intense devotion day and night. Your Majesty, the Jews are making accusations against me because I expect God to keep his promise. 8 Why do all of you refuse to believe that God can bring dead people back to life? Acts 26:1-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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