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 am very blessed to stand before you and will answer all the charges the evil people make against me.
3 You know so much about all the customs and the things they argue about, so please listen to me patiently.
4 “All my people know about my whole life, how 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 my tradition more carefully than any other group.