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Read Full Chapter (Acts 26) Acts 26:1-3 KJV
"Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 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: 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."
Acts Chapter 26, Verse 1-3
Acts 26:1-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
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Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
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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:
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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.
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My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
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Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: