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World English Bible

Acts 26 (WEBP)

[1] Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.
[2] “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things the Jews accuse me of,
[3] especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
[4] “Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
[5] having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
[6] Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
[7] which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
[8] Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
[9] “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[10] I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
[11] Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
[12] “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
[13] at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
[14] When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
[15] “I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ “He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
[16] But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
[17] delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
[18] to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
[19] “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
[20] but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
[21] For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
[22] Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
[23] how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”
[24] As he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
[25] But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.
[26] For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
[27] King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
[28] Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”
[29] Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
[30] The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them.
[31] When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
[32] Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Acts 26 (KJVS)

[1] Then Agrippa said () unto Paul, Thou art permitted () to speak () for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth () the hand, and answered for himself: ()
[2] I think () myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall () answer for myself () this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused () of the Jews:
[3] especially because I know () thee to be () expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech () thee to hear () me patiently.
[4] My manner of life from my youth, which was () at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know () all the Jews;
[5] which knew () me from the beginning, if they would () testify, () that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived () a Pharisee.
[6] And now I stand () and am judged () for the hope of the promise made () of God unto our fathers:
[7] unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving () God day and night, hope () to come. () For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused () of the Jews.
[8] Why should it be thought a thing () incredible with you, that God should raise () the dead?
[9] I verily thought () with myself, that I ought () to do () many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[10] Which thing I also did () in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up () in prison, having received () authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, () I gave () my voice against them.
[11] And I punished () them oft in every synagogue, and compelled () them to blaspheme; () and being exceedingly mad against () them, I persecuted () them even unto strange cities.
[12] Whereupon as I went () to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
[13] at midday, O king, I saw () in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about () me and them which journeyed () with me.
[14] And when we were all fallen () to the earth, I heard () a voice speaking () unto me, and saying () in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou () me? it is hard for thee to kick () against the pricks.
[15] And I said, () Who art thou, () Lord? And he said, () I am () Jesus whom thou persecutest. ()
[16] But rise, () and stand () upon thy feet: for I have appeared () unto thee for this purpose, to make () thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, () and of those things in the which I will appear () unto thee;
[17] delivering () thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send () thee,
[18] to open () their eyes, and to turn () them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive () forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified () by faith that is in me.
[19] Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was () not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
[20] but shewed () () first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent () and turn () to God, and do () works meet for repentance.
[21] For these causes the Jews caught () me in the temple, and went about () to kill () me.
[22] Having therefore obtained () help of God, I continue () unto this day, witnessing () both to small and great, saying () none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say () should () come: ()
[23] that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should () shew () light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
[24] And as he thus spake for himself, () Festus said () with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; () much learning doth make () thee mad.
[25] But he said, () I am not mad, () most noble Festus; but speak forth () the words of truth and soberness.
[26] For the king knoweth () of these things, before whom also I speak () freely: () for I am persuaded () that none of these things are hidden () from him; for this thing was () not done () in a corner.
[27] King Agrippa, believest thou () the prophets? I know () that thou believest. ()
[28] Then Agrippa said () unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest () me to be () a Christian.
[29] And Paul said, () I would () to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear () me this day, were () both almost, and altogether such as I am, () except these bonds.
[30] And when he had thus spoken, () the king rose up, () and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with () them:
[31] and when they were gone aside, () they talked () between themselves, saying, () This man doeth () nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
[32] Then said () Agrippa unto Festus, This man might () have been set at liberty, () if he had not appealed unto () Cæsar.

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Acts 26 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀγρίππας () δὲ () πρὸς () τὸν () Παῦλον () ἔφη, () Ἐπιτρέπεταί () σοι () ὑπὲρ () σεαυτοῦ () λέγειν. () Τότε () ὁ () Παῦλος () ἀπελογεῖτο, () ἐκτείνας () τὴν () χεῖρα, ()
[2] Περὶ () πάντων () ὧν () ἐγκαλοῦμαι () ὑπὸ () Ἰουδαίων, () βασιλεῦ () Ἀγρίππα, () ἥγημαι () ἐμαυτὸν () μακάριον () ἐπὶ () σοῦ () μέλλων () ἀπολογεῖσθαι () σήμερον· ()
[3] μάλιστα () γνώστην () ὄντα () σὲ () πάντων () τῶν () κατὰ () Ἰουδαίους () ἠθῶν () τε () καὶ () ζητημάτων· () διὸ () δέομαί () σου, () μακροθύμως () ἀκοῦσαί () μου. ()
[4] Τὴν () μὲν () οὖν () βίωσίν () μου () τὴν () ἐκ () νεότητος, () τὴν () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () γενομένην () ἐν () τῷ () ἔθνει () μου () ἐν () Ἱεροσολύμοις, () ἴσασιν () πάντες () οἱ () Ἰουδαῖοι, ()
[5] προγινώσκοντές () με () ἄνωθεν, () ἐὰν () θέλωσιν () μαρτυρεῖν, () ὅτι () κατὰ () τὴν () ἀκριβεστάτην () αἵρεσιν () τῆς () ἡμετέρας () θρησκείας () ἔζησα () Φαρισαῖος. ()
[6] Καὶ () νῦν () ἐπ’ () ἐλπίδι () τῆς () πρὸς () τοὺς () πατέρας () ἐπαγγελίας () γενομένης () ὑπὸ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἕστηκα () κρινόμενος, ()
[7] εἰς () ἣν () τὸ () δωδεκάφυλον () ἡμῶν () ἐν () ἐκτενείᾳ () νύκτα () καὶ () ἡμέραν () λατρεῦον () ἐλπίζει () καταντῆσαι· () περὶ () ἧς () ἐλπίδος () ἐγκαλοῦμαι, () βασιλεῦ () Ἀγρίππα, () ὑπὸ () Ἰουδαίων. ()
[8] Τί () ἄπιστον () κρίνεται () παρ’ () ὑμῖν, () εἰ () ὁ () θεὸς () νεκροὺς () ἐγείρει; ()
[9] Ἐγὼ () μὲν () οὖν () ἔδοξα () ἐμαυτῷ () πρὸς () τὸ () ὄνομα () Ἰησοῦ () τοῦ () Ναζωραίου () δεῖν () πολλὰ () ἐναντία () πρᾶξαι· ()
[10] ὃ () καὶ () ἐποίησα () ἐν () Ἱεροσολύμοις, () καὶ () πολλοὺς () τῶν () ἁγίων () ἐγὼ () φυλακαῖς () κατέκλεισα, () τὴν () παρὰ () τῶν () ἀρχιερέων () ἐξουσίαν () λαβών, () ἀναιρουμένων () τε () αὐτῶν () κατήνεγκα () ψῆφον. ()
[11] Καὶ () κατὰ () πάσας () τὰς () συναγωγὰς () πολλάκις () τιμωρῶν () αὐτούς, () ἠνάγκαζον () βλασφημεῖν· () περισσῶς () τε () ἐμμαινόμενος () αὐτοῖς, () ἐδίωκον () ἕως () καὶ () εἰς () τὰς () ἔξω () πόλεις. ()
[12] Ἐν () οἷς () καὶ () πορευόμενος () εἰς () τὴν () Δαμασκὸν () μετ’ () ἐξουσίας () καὶ () ἐπιτροπῆς () τῆς () παρὰ () τῶν () ἀρχιερέων, ()
[13] ἡμέρας () μέσης, () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () εἶδον, () βασιλεῦ, () οὐρανόθεν () ὑπὲρ () τὴν () λαμπρότητα () τοῦ () ἡλίου, () περιλάμψαν () με () φῶς () καὶ () τοὺς () σὺν () ἐμοὶ () πορευομένους. ()
[14] Πάντων () δὲ () καταπεσόντων () ἡμῶν () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἤκουσα () φωνὴν () λαλοῦσαν () πρός () με () καὶ () λέγουσαν () τῇ () Ἑβραΐδι () διαλέκτῳ, () Σαούλ, () Σαούλ, () τί () με () διώκεις; () Σκληρόν () σοι () πρὸς () κέντρα () λακτίζειν. ()
[15] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () εἶπον, () Τίς () εἶ, () κύριε; () Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν, () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () Ἰησοῦς () ὃν () σὺ () διώκεις. ()
[16] Ἀλλὰ () ἀνάστηθι, () καὶ () στῆθι () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () σου· () εἰς () τοῦτο () γὰρ () ὤφθην () σοι, () προχειρίσασθαί () σε () ὑπηρέτην () καὶ () μάρτυρα () ὧν () τε () εἶδες () ὧν () τε () ὀφθήσομαί () σοι, ()
[17] ἐξαιρούμενός () σε () ἐκ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καὶ () τῶν () ἐθνῶν, () εἰς () οὓς () ἐγώ () σε () ἀποστέλλω, ()
[18] ἀνοῖξαι () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτῶν, () τοῦ () ὑποστρέψαι () ἀπὸ () σκότους () εἰς () φῶς () καὶ () τῆς () ἐξουσίας () τοῦ () Σατανᾶ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θεόν, () τοῦ () λαβεῖν () αὐτοὺς () ἄφεσιν () ἁμαρτιῶν, () καὶ () κλῆρον () ἐν () τοῖς () ἡγιασμένοις () πίστει () τῇ () εἰς () ἐμέ. ()
[19] Ὅθεν, () βασιλεῦ () Ἀγρίππα, () οὐκ () ἐγενόμην () ἀπειθὴς () τῇ () οὐρανίῳ () ὀπτασίᾳ, ()
[20] ἀλλὰ () τοῖς () ἐν () Δαμασκῷ () πρῶτον () καὶ () Ἱεροσολύμοις, () εἰς () πᾶσάν () τε () τὴν () χώραν () τῆς () Ἰουδαίας, () καὶ () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν, () ἀπαγγέλλων () μετανοεῖν, () καὶ () ἐπιστρέφειν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () θεόν, () ἄξια () τῆς () μετανοίας () ἔργα () πράσσοντας. ()
[21] Ἕνεκα () τούτων () οἱ () Ἰουδαῖοί () με () συλλαβόμενοι () ἐν () τῷ () ἱερῷ () ἐπειρῶντο () διαχειρίσασθαι. ()
[22] Ἐπικουρίας () οὖν () τυχὼν () τῆς () παρὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ἄχρι () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ταύτης () ἕστηκα () μαρτυρόμενος () μικρῷ () τε () καὶ () μεγάλῳ, () οὐδὲν () ἐκτὸς () λέγων () ὧν () τε () οἱ () προφῆται () ἐλάλησαν () μελλόντων () γίνεσθαι () καὶ () Μωϋσῆς, ()
[23] εἰ () παθητὸς () ὁ () χριστός, () εἰ () πρῶτος () ἐξ () ἀναστάσεως () νεκρῶν () φῶς () μέλλει () καταγγέλλειν () τῷ () λαῷ () καὶ () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν. ()
[24] Ταῦτα () δὲ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπολογουμένου, () ὁ () Φῆστος () μεγάλῃ () τῇ () φωνῇ () ἔφη, () Μαίνῃ, () Παῦλε· () τὰ () πολλά () σε () γράμματα () εἰς () μανίαν () περιτρέπει. ()
[25] Ὁ () δέ, () Οὐ () μαίνομαι, () φησίν, () κράτιστε () Φῆστε, () ἀλλὰ () ἀληθείας () καὶ () σωφροσύνης () ῥήματα () ἀποφθέγγομαι. ()
[26] Ἐπίσταται () γὰρ () περὶ () τούτων () ὁ () βασιλεύς, () πρὸς () ὃν () καὶ () παρρησιαζόμενος () λαλῶ· () λανθάνειν () γὰρ () αὐτόν () τι () τούτων () οὐ () πείθομαι () οὐδέν· () οὐ () γὰρ () ἐν () γωνίᾳ () πεπραγμένον () τοῦτο. ()
[27] Πιστεύεις, () βασιλεῦ () Ἀγρίππα, () τοῖς () προφήταις; () Οἶδα () ὅτι () πιστεύεις. ()
[28] Ὁ () δὲ () Ἀγρίππας () πρὸς () τὸν () Παῦλον () ἔφη, () Ἐν () ὀλίγῳ () με () πείθεις () Χριστιανὸν () γενέσθαι. ()
[29] Ὁ () δὲ () Παῦλος () εἶπεν, () Εὐξαίμην () ἂν () τῷ () θεῷ, () καὶ () ἐν () ὀλίγῳ () καὶ () ἐν () πολλῷ () οὐ () μόνον () σε, () ἀλλὰ () καὶ () πάντας () τοὺς () ἀκούοντάς () μου () σήμερον, () γενέσθαι () τοιούτους () ὁποῖος () κἀγώ () εἰμι, () παρεκτὸς () τῶν () δεσμῶν () τούτων. ()
[30] Καὶ () ταῦτα () εἰπόντος () αὐτοῦ, () ἀνέστη () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () ὁ () ἡγεμών, () ἥ () τε () Βερνίκη, () καὶ () οἱ () συγκαθήμενοι () αὐτοῖς· ()
[31] καὶ () ἀναχωρήσαντες () ἐλάλουν () πρὸς () ἀλλήλους, () λέγοντες () ὅτι () Οὐδὲν () θανάτου () ἄξιον () ἢ () δεσμῶν () πράσσει () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () οὗτος. ()
[32] Ἀγρίππας () δὲ () τῷ () Φήστῳ () ἔφη, () Ἀπολελύσθαι () ἐδύνατο () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () οὗτος, () εἰ () μὴ () ἐπεκέκλητο () Καίσαρα. ()

Acts 26:1a ὑπὲρ ¦ ECM NA περὶ
Acts 26:1b ἀπελογεῖτο ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ¦ CT PT ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἀπελογεῖτο
Acts 26:2 ἐπὶ σοῦ μέλλων ἀπολογεῖσθαι σήμερον ¦ CT ἐπὶ σοῦ μέλλων σήμερον ἀπολογεῖσθαι ¦ TR μέλλων ἀπολογεῖσθαι ἐπὶ σοῦ σήμερον
Acts 26:3a σὲ ¦ SCR σὲ εἰδὼς
Acts 26:3b ἠθῶν ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg TR ἐθῶν
Acts 26:3c σου ¦ CT om.
Acts 26:4a τὴν ¦ [NA] ¦ WH om.
Acts 26:4b ἐν ¦ CT ἐν τε
Acts 26:4c οἱ ¦ ECM† txt ¦ [NA] ¦ ECM† SBL TH WH om.
Acts 26:6a πρὸς ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† εἰς
Acts 26:6b πατέρας ¦ CT πατέρας ἡμῶν
Acts 26:7a ἐκτενείᾳ ¦ PCK ἐκτενίᾳ
Acts 26:7b βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων ¦ TR βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ¦ PT βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὑπὸ [τῶν] Ἰουδαίων ¦ CT ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦ
Acts 26:10a πολλοὺς ¦ CT πολλούς τε
Acts 26:10b φυλακαῖς ¦ CT PT ἐν φυλακαῖς
Acts 26:12a καὶ ¦ [PT] ¦ CT om.
Acts 26:12b τὴν ¦ PCK om.
Acts 26:12c παρὰ ¦ CT om.
Acts 26:14a δὲ ¦ CT τε
Acts 26:14b λαλοῦσαν πρός με καὶ λέγουσαν ¦ CT λέγουσαν πρός με
Acts 26:15a εἶπον ¦ CT εἶπά
Acts 26:15b δὲ ¦ CT δὲ κύριος
Acts 26:16a Ἀλλὰ ¦ ECM NA28 Ἀλλ’
Acts 26:16b εἶδες ¦ ECM† txt ¦ ECM† SBL TH WH εἶδές με ¦ NA εἶδές [με]
Acts 26:17a τῶν ¦ CT ἐκ τῶν
Acts 26:17b ἐγώ σε ἀποστέλλω ¦ CT† ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σε ¦ TR νῦν σε ἀποστέλλω ¦ ECM† ἐγὼ ἐξαποστελῶ σε
Acts 26:18 τοῦ ὑποστρέψαι ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg ST τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ¦ SCR καὶ ἐπιστρέψαι
Acts 26:20a καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις εἰς ¦ CT τε καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις
Acts 26:20b ἀπαγγέλλων ¦ PCK PT Ἀπαγγελλῶ ¦ CT SCR ἀπήγγελλον
Acts 26:21a οἱ Ἰουδαῖοί με ¦ HF PCK PT RPmg TR με οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ¦ CT με Ἰουδαῖοι
Acts 26:21b ἐν ¦ ECM† txt ¦ ECM† ὄντα ἐν ¦ NA [ὄντα] ἐν
Acts 26:22a παρὰ ¦ CT ἀπὸ
Acts 26:22b μαρτυρόμενος ¦ TR μαρτυρούμενος
Acts 26:22c γίνεσθαι ¦ PT γενέσθαι
Acts 26:22d Μωϋσῆς ¦ HF TR Μωσῆς
Acts 26:23 λαῷ ¦ CT PCK τε λαῷ
Acts 26:24 ἔφη ¦ CT φησιν
Acts 26:25a δέ ¦ CT δὲ Παῦλος
Acts 26:25b ἀλλὰ ¦ ECM NA28 TR ἀλλ’
Acts 26:26a καὶ ¦ WH om.
Acts 26:26b τι ¦ [NA] ¦ SBL WH om.
Acts 26:26c οὐδέν ¦ CT οὐθέν
Acts 26:26d γὰρ ¦ CT PT TR γάρ ἐστιν
Acts 26:28a ἔφη ¦ CT om.
Acts 26:28b γενέσθαι ¦ CT ποιῆσαι
Acts 26:29a εἶπεν ¦ CT om.
Acts 26:29b πολλῷ ¦ CT μεγάλῳ
Acts 26:29c κἀγώ ¦ ECM NA SBL WH καὶ ἐγώ
Acts 26:30a Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ ἀνέστη ¦ CT Ἀνέστη τε
Acts 26:30b Βερνίκη ¦ PT Βερενίκη
Acts 26:30c συγκαθήμενοι ¦ TH WH συνκαθήμενοι
Acts 26:31 ἄξιον ἢ δεσμῶν ¦ WH ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιον ¦ ECM SBL TH ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιόν τι ¦ NA ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιόν [τι]

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