Acts 26:2
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.
4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things the Jews accuse me of,
- ASV
- I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:
- DARBY
- I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews,
- BLB
- “Concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I esteem myself fortunate before you, being about to defend myself today,
- ÅB
- Mot alt det som jøder anklager meg for, kong Agrippa, akter jeg meg lykkelig at jeg idag skal forsvare meg for deg,
- OTB
- «Kong Agrippa, jeg anser meg selv heldig som får forsvare meg for deg i dag angående alle anklagene som er brakt mot meg av jødene,
- B1930
- Mot alt det som jøder anklager mig for, kong Agrippa, akter jeg mig lykkelig at jeg idag skal forsvare mig for dig,