Acts 26:22 "So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place;
Acts 26:23 that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
Acts 26:24 ¶ While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad."
Acts 26:25 But Paul *said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.
Acts 26:26 "For the king knows 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 corner.
Acts 26:27 "King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do."
Acts 26:28 Agrippa replied to Paul, "In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian."
Acts 26:29 And Paul said, "I would wish to God, that whether in 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 chains."
Acts 26:30 ¶ The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,
Acts 26:31 and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment."
Acts 26:32 And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."
Acts 27:1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.
Acts 27:2 And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica.
Acts 27:3 The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.
Acts 27:4 From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.
Acts 27:5 When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.
Acts 27:6 There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.
Acts 27:7 When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone;
Acts 27:8 and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
Acts 27:9 ¶ When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them,