{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:53:11.245Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Acts","bookSlug":"acts","chapter":26,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":25,"nextChapter":27,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"'Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things — both customs and questions — among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth — which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem — know do all the Jews,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests — "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light — and those going on with me;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and we all having fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute? hard for thee against pricks to kick!"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things in which I will appear to thee,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that is toward me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"'Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"'Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, 'Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and he saith, 'I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"thou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!'"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.'"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying — 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"and Agrippa said to Festus, 'This man might have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 26 (YLT)","markdown":"[Acts 26](https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/acts/26 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}