But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Doth our law judge {any} man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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:

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

{He that is} first in his own cause {seemeth} just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence {which I make} now unto you.

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.

But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}

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. {daughters: or, cities}

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called {to be} an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

And when Paul was now about to open {his} mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O {ye} Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence {which I make} now unto you.

Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.

But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, {is}? {Areopagus: or, Mars' hill: it was the highest court in Athens}

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak {one} word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

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.