| 26:1 | Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: |
| 26:2 | 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: |
| 26:3 | 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. |
| 26:4 | My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; |
| 26:5 | Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. |
| 26:6 | And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: |
| 26:7 | 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. |
| 26:8 | Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? |
| 26:9 | I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 26:10 | 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. |
| 26:11 | 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. |
| 26:12 | Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, |
| 26:13 | 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. |
| 26:14 | 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. |
| 26:15 | And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. |
| 26:16 | 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; |
| 26:17 | Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, |
| 26:18 | 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. |
| 26:18 | 我差你到他們那裡去、要叫他們的眼睛得開、從黑暗中歸向光明、從撒但權下歸向 神．又因信我、得蒙赦罪、和一切成聖的人同得基業。 |
| 26:18 | 我差你到他们那里去，要叫他们的眼睛得开，从黑暗中归向光明，从撒但权下归向神。又因信我，得蒙赦罪，和一切成圣的人同得基业。 |
| isa:35:5 | Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. |
| isa:42:7 | To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. |
| luk:4:18 | The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, |
| eph:1:18 | The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, |
| isa:9:2 | The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. |
| isa:42:16 | And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. |
| luk:1:79 | To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. |
| jhn:8:12 | Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. |
| 1pe:2:9 | But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: |
| act:26:23 | 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. |
| eph:5:8 | For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: |
| col:1:12 | Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: |
| 1co:5:5 | To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. |
| luk:1:16 | And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. |
| jas:5:19 | Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; |
| jas:5:20 | Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. |
| act:20:32 | And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. |
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| 26:19 | Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: |
| 26:20 | But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. |
| 26:21 | For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. |
| 26:22 | 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: |
| 26:23 | 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. |
| 26:24 | And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. |
| 26:25 | But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. |
| 26:26 | 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. |
| 26:27 | King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. |
| 26:28 | Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. |
| 26:29 | 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. |
| 26:30 | And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: |
| 26:31 | And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. |
| 26:32 | Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. |
