1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself:

2 “I think myself ^ahappy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer ^bfor myself before you concerning all the things of which I am ^caccused by the Jews,  ‡

3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.