Acts 26:24-32 ▼

24 And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”

25 And he says, “I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness I speak forth the sayings;

26 for the king knows concerning these things, before whom I also speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing has not been done in a corner;

27 do you believe, King Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that you believe!”

28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so] little you persuade me to become a Christian?”

29 And Paul said, “I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only you, but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also am—except these bonds.”

30 And he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,

31 and having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds”;

32 and Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”