1. So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense:
2. “I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,
3. especially because you are familiar with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4. “My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.
5. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.