Acts 26:24–32

²⁴While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! ¹Your great ^alearning is ²driving you mad.”

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 that you ¹do.”

²⁸Agrippa replied to Paul, “¹In a short time you ²will persuade me to ³become a ^aChristian.”

²⁹And Paul said, “¹I would wish to God, that whether ²in 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.”

^30aThe 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 might have been ^aset free if he had not ^bappealed to Caesar.”