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Acts 26:27-32

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou  believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a  Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all  that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except  these bonds. 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor,  and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 31 And when they were gone aside, they  talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of  bonds. 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at  liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

27 πιστεύεις, βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, τοῖς προφήταις; οἶδα ὅτι πιστεύεις. 28 ὁ δὲ Ἀγρίππας πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον· Ἐν ὀλίγῳ με πείθεις Χριστιανὸν ποιῆσαι. 29 ὁ δὲ Παῦλος· Εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ οὐ μόνον σὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων.
30 Ἀνέστη τε ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὁ ἡγεμὼν ἥ τε Βερνίκη καὶ οἱ συγκαθήμενοι αὐτοῖς, 31 καὶ ἀναχωρήσαντες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες ὅτι Οὐδὲν θανάτου ἢ δεσμῶν ἄξιον τι πράσσει ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος. 32 Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη· Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα.

Michael W. Holmes, The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (Lexham Press, 2010), Ac 26:27–32.

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