26. The king, before whom I also speak freely, knows about these things. For I am persuaded that none of this is hidden from him, for this was not done in a corner.
27. King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28. Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to be a Christian.”
29. Paul said, “I pray to God that not only you, but all who hear me this day, might become not only almost, but thoroughly and altogether, what I am, except for these chains.”
30. When he had said this, the king rose, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them.
31. When they had gone aside, they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing deserving death or imprisonment.”
32. And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”