Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
Cross References
Psalm 119:46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
Acts 9:15"Go!" said the Lord. "This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
Acts 25:27For it seems unreasonable to me to send on a prisoner without specifying the charges against him."
Acts 26:2"King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
Treasury of Scripture
Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Thou.
Acts 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Proverbs 18:13,17
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him…
John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
stretched.
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Ezekiel 16:27
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Romans 10:21
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
answered.
Acts 26:2
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
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Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
