Acts 26:24–32

²⁴Now while ¹Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus ^*said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! ²Great ^alearning is driving you out of your mind.”

²⁵But Paul ^*said, “I am not out of my mind, ^amost excellent Festus, but I utter words ¹of sober truth.

²⁶“For the king ^1aknows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a ²corner.

²⁷“King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you believe.”

²⁸But Agrippa replied to Paul, “¹In such short time ²are you persuading me to become a ^aChristian?”

²⁹And Paul said, “I would pray to God, that whether ¹in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these ^achains.”

^30aAnd the king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

³¹and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “^aThis man is not doing anything worthy of death or ¹imprisonment.”

³²And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been ^aset free if he had not ^bappealed to Caesar.”