vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/26.json

{
  "1": "And Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul, having stretched out his hand, made his defense.\n\\p",
  "2": "“Concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed that I am going to make my defense before you today;",
  "3": "especially since you are an expert according to all the Jewish customs and also their controversies. So I ask you to hear me patiently.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "4": "Indeed then, all the Jews know the manner of my life which was from my youth, that from the beginning has been among my nation and in Jerusalem,",
  "5": "Knowing me from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee, according to the strictest sect of our religion.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "6": "And now I stand here being judged because of my hope of the promise that was made to our fathers by God,",
  "7": "to which our 12 tribes hope to attain, in earnest serving night and day. Concerning this hope, I am being accused by the Jews, O King.",
  "8": "Why is it judged unbelievable among you that God raises the dead?\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "9": "Then, I thought to myself that it was necessary to do many things opposed to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.",
  "10": "And I did these things in Jerusalem, and I even locked up many of the saints in prison, having received the authority from the chief priests. and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them.",
  "11": "And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I forced them to blaspheme, and being greatly enraged against them, I persecuted them even as far as to foreign cities.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "12": "While doing this, traveling to Damascus with authority and a commission that was from the chief priests,",
  "13": "in the middle of the day, along the road, O King, I saw a light from heaven, beyond the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.",
  "14": "And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against a goad.’\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "15": "And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.",
  "16": "But get up and stand on your feet; because for this I appeared to you, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of both that which you have seen about me and of that which will be shown to you;",
  "17": "rescuing you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,",
  "18": "to open their eyes to turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, for them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith that is in me.’\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "19": "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;",
  "20": "but, to those in Damascus first, and also in Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I declared to repent and to turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.",
  "21": "For the sake of this, the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to kill me.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "22": "Therefore having received help which is from God until this day, I stand, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing other than what both the prophets and Moses said is going to happen—",
  "23": "that the Christ is to suffer and as the first from the resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "24": "And as he is saying these things in his defense, Festus says with a loud voice, “Paul, you are insane; your great learning is turning you to insanity.”",
  "25": "But Paul says, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking words of truth and of sanity.",
  "26": "For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking boldly to him, for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "27": "Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe.”",
  "28": "But Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time, are you persuading me to become a Christian?”",
  "29": "But Paul replied, “I pray to God for, either in a short time or in a long time, not you only, but also all those hearing me today to become such as I also am, but without these chains.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "30": "And then the king got up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those sitting with them;",
  "31": "and when they had left, they talked to one another, saying, “This man is not doing anything worthy of death or of chains.”",
  "32": "But Agrippa said to Festus, “This man was able to have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}