Acts 26:19

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So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

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  • Exod 4:13-14 : 13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send. 14 And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
  • Isa 50:5 : 5 And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.
  • Ezek 2:7-8 : 7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled. 8 But you, son of man, give ear to what I say to you, and do not be uncontrolled like that uncontrolled people: let your mouth be open and take what I give you.
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
  • Jonah 1:3 : 3 And Jonah got up to go in flight to Tarshish, away from the Lord; and he went down to Joppa, and saw there a ship going to Tarshish: so he gave them the price of the journey and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.
  • Acts 26:2 : 2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:
  • Acts 26:26-27 : 26 For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret. 27 King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

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    12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

    13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

    14 And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

    16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

    17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

    18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

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    20 But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

    21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

    22 And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

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    25 Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.

    26 For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

    27 King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

    28 And Agrippa said to Paul, A little more and you will be making me a Christian.

    29 And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

    30 And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

    31 And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

    32 And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.

  • Acts 22:6-11
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    6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

    7 And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    8 And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

    9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

    10 And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

    11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

  • Acts 26:1-3
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    1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

    2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

    3 The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

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    17 And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

    18 And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

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    26 But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.

    27 For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.

  • 16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

    7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

  • 21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

  • 19 But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

  • 13 Came to my side and said, Brother Saul, let your eyes be open. And in that very hour I was able to see him.

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    23 So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.

    24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

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    20 Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21 But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • 17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • 14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

  • 13 Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.

  • 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

  • 12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

  • 22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

  • 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

  • 3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;