1. Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.”Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
2. “I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that today I am going to make a defense before you about everything I am accused of by the Jews,
3. especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.