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Acts 26
²³ that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
²⁴ Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!"
²⁵ But he said, "I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason.
²⁶ For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.
²⁷ King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe."
²⁸ Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You almost persuade me to become a Christian."
²⁹ And Paul said, "I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains."
³⁰ When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;
³¹ and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, "This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains."
³² Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
Acts 27
¹ And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment.