Passage of the Day - February 22, 2011

Acts 26:24-32

 ²⁴While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad."

 ²⁵But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.

 ²⁶"For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner.

 ²⁷"King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do."

 ²⁸Agrippa replied to Paul, "In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian."

 ²⁹And Paul said, "I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains."

 ³⁰The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

 ³¹and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment."

 ³²And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar."

Forgive me, but nothing deep tonight.  I wonder what the mood of this discussion was.  I can't really give too much insight without knowing the mood.  The mood almost seems jovial.  Maybe I'm distracted by my sense of the mood.  Fortunately, the passage pretty much speaks for itself as far as content.

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