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Acts 26:1-11

Acts 26:1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”
So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:

Acts 26:2 “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,

Acts 26:3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

Acts 26:4 “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.

Acts 26:5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Acts 26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

Acts 26:7 To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

Acts 26:8 Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?

Acts 26:9 “Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:10 This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

Acts 26:11 And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.


Answer: apologeomai {ap-ol-og-eh'-om-ahee}

1) to defend one's self, make one's defense
2) to defend a person or a thing
3) to give a full account of


Authority: exousia {ex-oo-see'-ah}

1) power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
2) the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege)
3) the power of rule or government

Prayer:

Lord, thank You for the hope and promise You have made to us.

I will stand with a ready answer.

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