25. But Rav Sha'ul says, "I am not meshuggah, most excellent Festus; I am speaking dvarim of Emes and Ta'am (Reason).
26. "For HaMelech has da'as of these matters, to whom also I am speaking freely, for I am sure that absolutely none of these things escape his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.
27. "Agrippa HaMelech, do you believe in the Nevi'im? I have da'as that you do believe."
28. And Agrippa said to Rav Sha'ul, "You think, do you, that as quick as that you can make me mekabel Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach?"
29. But Rav Sha'ul said, "I would daven that Hashem, quickly or not, might make not only you but all listening to me today as I am, apart from these sharsherot (chains)."
30. HaMelech and the Moshel and Bernice and the ones sitting with them got up.
31. And having withdrawn, they were saying to one another, "This man does nothing worthy of the death penalty or imprisonment."
32. And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar."