1. Agrippa said to Paul, “You may now speak to defend yourself.”Then Paul raised his hand and began to speak.
2. He said, “King Agrippa, I will answer all the charges that the Jews make against me. I think it is a blessing that I can stand here before you today.
3. I am very happy to talk to you, because you know so much about all the Jewish customs and the things that the Jews argue about. Please listen to me patiently.
4. “All the Jews know about my whole life. They know the way I lived from the beginning in my own country and later in Jerusalem.
5. They have known me for a long time. If they want to, they can tell you that I was a good Pharisee. And the Pharisees obey the laws of the Jewish religion more carefully than any other group of Jewish people.