to be mad. Of course they were. They were saying insane things: bloody crosses and empty tombs and Jew/Gentile unity. But they weren’t actually crazy. Jesus is the most reasonable voice in the Gospels, pointing out that his opponents’ arguments don’t make sense on their own terms (Mark 3:22–27; 7:14–16). In Agrippa’s court, Paul is considered insane. But it’s because he believes in the resurrection of Jesus, not because he is selling prayer cloths. Paul honored the rulers Agrippa and Felix, reasoning