Acts 26:1-3

J.B. Phillips New Testament

26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have our permission to speak for yourself.”

Paul repeats his story on a state occasion

^2-3 So Paul, with that characteristic gesture of the hand, began his defence: “King Agrippa, in answering all the charges that the Jews have made against me, I must say how fortunate I consider myself to be in making my defence before you personally today. For I know that you are thoroughly familiar with all the customs and disputes that exist among the Jews. I therefore ask you to listen to me patiently.