1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:3 The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.4 All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;5 And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.14 And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.19 So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;20 But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.22 And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;23 That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.25 Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.26 For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.27 King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.28 And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.29 And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.30 And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;31 And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.

1 Agrippa vero ad Paulum ait : Permittitur tibi loqui pro temetipso. Tunc Paulus extenta manu cpit rationem reddere : 2 De omnibus quibus accusor a Judis, rex Agrippa, stimo me beatum apud te cum sim defensurus me hodie, 3 maxime te sciente omnia, et qu apud Judos sunt consuetudines et qustiones : propter quod obsecro patienter me audias. 4 Et quidem vitam meam a juventute, qu ab initio fuit in gente mea in Jerosolymis, noverunt omnes Judi : 5 prscientes me ab initio (si velint testimonium perhibere) quoniam secundum certissimam sectam nostr religionis vixi pharisus. 6 Et nunc, in spe qu ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto judicio subjectus : 7 in quam duodecim tribus nostr nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Judis, rex. 8 Quid incredibile judicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat ? 9 Et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Jesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere, 10 quod et feci Jerosolymis, et multos sanctorum ego in carceribus inclusi, a principibus sacerdotum potestate accepta : et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam. 11 Et per omnes synagogas frequenter puniens eos, compellebam blasphemare : et amplius insaniens in eos, persequebar usque in exteras civitates. 12 In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum, 13 die media in via vidi, rex, de clo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen, et eos qui mecum simul erant. 14 Omnesque nos cum decidissemus in terram, audivi vocem loquentem mihi hebraica lingua : Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris ? durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare. 15 Ego autem dixi : Quis es, domine ? Dominus autem dixit : Ego sum Jesus, quem tu persequeris. 16 Sed exsurge, et sta super pedes tuos : ad hoc enim apparui tibi, ut constituam te ministrum, et testem eorum qu vidisti, et eorum quibus apparebo tibi, 17 eripiens te de populo et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te, 18 aperire oculos eorum, ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem, et de potestate Satan ad Deum, ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum, et sortem inter sanctos, per fidem qu est in me. 19 Unde, rex Agrippa, non fui incredulus clesti visioni : 20 sed his qui sunt Damasci primum, et Jerosolymis, et in omnem regionem Jud, et gentibus, annuntiabam, ut pnitentiam agerent, et converterentur ad Deum, digna pnitenti opera facientes. 21 Hac ex causa me Judi, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere. 22 Auxilio autem adjutus Dei usque in hodiernum diem, sto, testificans minori atque majori, nihil extra dicens quam ea qu prophet locuti sunt futura esse, et Moyses, 23 si passibilis Christus, si primus ex resurrectione mortuorum, lumen annuntiaturus est populo et gentibus. 24 Hc loquente eo, et rationem reddente, Festus magna voce dixit : Insanis, Paule : mult te litter ad insaniam convertunt. 25 Et Paulus : Non insanio, inquit, optime Feste, sed veritatis et sobrietatis verba loquor. 26 Scit enim de his rex, ad quem et constanter loquor : latere enim eum nihil horum arbitror. Neque enim in angulo quidquam horum gestum est. 27 Credis, rex Agrippa, prophetis ? Scio quia credis. 28 Agrippa autem ad Paulum : In modico suades me christianum fieri. 29 Et Paulus : Opto apud Deum, et in modico et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes qui audiunt hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his. 30 Et exsurrexit rex, et prses, et Bernice, et qui assidebant eis. 31 Et cum secessissent, loquebantur ad invicem, dicentes : Quia nihil morte aut vinculis dignum quid fecit homo iste. 32 Agrippa autem Festo dixit : Dimitti poterat homo hic, si non appellasset Csarem.