1. And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
2. `Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,
3. especially knowing thee to be acquainted with all things--both customs and questions-- among Jews; wherefore, I beseech thee, patiently to hear me.
4. `The manner of my life then, indeed, from youth--which from the beginning was among my nation, in Jerusalem--know do all the Jews,
5. knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
6. and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
7. to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;