Acts 26:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Acts 11:26 : 26 And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
  • Acts 26:29 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
  • Jas 1:23-24 : 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
  • 1 Pet 4:16 : 16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
  • Mark 10:17-22 : 17 And while he was going out into the way, a man came running to him, and went down on his knees, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? 18 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God. 19 You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother. 20 And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young. 21 And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me. 22 But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.

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  • Acts 26:24-27
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    24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

    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.

  • Acts 26:29-32
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    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 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.

  • Acts 25:20-26
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    20 And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

    21 But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

    22 And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.

    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.

    25 But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

    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.

  • Acts 26:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

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

  • Acts 25:11-15
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    11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

    12 Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.

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

    14 And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:

    15 Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

  • Acts 24:24-25
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    24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.

    25 And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

  • Acts 18:13
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    13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

  • Acts 25:9
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    9 But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

  • Acts 24:4
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    4 But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

  • Acts 28:24
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    24 And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

  • Acts 23:11
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    11 And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

  • Acts 21:37
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    37 And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?

  • Acts 21:13-14
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    13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

    14 And as he might not be moved we did no more, saying, Let the purpose of God be done.

  • Acts 19:26
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    26 And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

  • Acts 26:14
    65%

    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.

  • Acts 26:8
    65%

    8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

  • Acts 27:24-25
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    24 Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.

    25 And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

  • Acts 24:10
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    10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

  • Acts 22:26-27
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    26 And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

    27 And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

  • Acts 18:28
    64%

    28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • Acts 24:21
    64%

    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.

  • Acts 28:18
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    18 Who, when they had put questions to me, were ready to let me go free, because there was no cause of death in me.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7 Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

  • Acts 23:19
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    19 And the chief took him by the hand and, going on one side, said to him privately, What is it you have to say to me?

  • Acts 18:5
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    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.