1 King Agrippa told Paul to talk. Paul raised his hand and began. ✋ 2 Paul said he was glad to talk to the king today and tell his side. 3 Paul said the king knows Jew ways and hard questions, so please listen with care. 4 Paul said all Jews knew him from when he was a boy in his land and in Jerusalem. ️ 5 Paul said he was in a group with many rules, called Pharisee. 6 Paul said he was on trial because he hoped in God’s promise to old family. 7 Paul said the twelve big families serve God day and night and hope for this promise, and this is why he is in trouble. ☀️ 8 Paul asked why it is hard to think God can make dead people live again. ✝️ 9 Paul said he once fought the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ❌✝️ 10 Paul said he put many of God’s people in jail, and when they were killed, he said yes. ⛓️ 11 Paul said he punished them in their church and tried to make them say bad things; he was very mad and chased them to other cities. ♂️ 12 Paul said he went to Damascus with papers from leaders to grab believers. ️ 13 Paul said at noon a bright light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shined around him and his friends. ☀️✨ 14 Paul said they fell to the ground, and he heard a voice in Hebrew words: <jesus>Saul, Saul, why do you hurt Me? You fight Me. That only hurts you.</jesus> ️⚡ 15 Paul said, “Who are You, Lord?” The Lord said: <jesus>I am Jesus. You hurt Me.</jesus> ✝️ 16 Paul said Jesus told him: <jesus>Get up. Stand. I chose you to be My helper. Tell what you saw and what you will see.</jesus> ♂️️ 17 Paul said Jesus told him: <jesus>I will keep you safe from your people and from people who are not Jews. I send you to them.</jesus> ️ 18 Paul said Jesus told him: <jesus>Open their eyes. Turn them from dark to light and from Satan to God. Then I will forgive their sins. They will be in My people by trust in Me.</jesus> 19 Paul said, “So, King Agrippa, I did what Jesus told me from the sky.” ✅ 20 Paul said he told people in Damascus, then in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and people not Jews: “Say sorry. Turn to God. Do good to show you are new.” ❤️ 21 Paul said the Jews grabbed him in the temple and tried to kill him. ️✋ 22 Paul said God helped him, so he kept talking to small and big people, saying only what Moses and the prophets said long ago. 23 Paul said they said the Christ must suffer, and He would be first to live again, and He would shine light to Jews and to people not Jews. ✝️ 24 Festus shouted loud, “Paul, you are crazy! All your books make you crazy!” 25 Paul said, “I am not crazy, dear Festus. I speak true and clear words.” 26 Paul said the king knows these things; this was not hidden in a small secret place. ️ 27 Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.” ❓ 28 Agrippa said, “Do you think you can make me a Christian so fast?” ⏳ 29 Paul said, “I pray to God that you and all who hear me today will be like me, but not in these chains.” 30 The king stood up. The governor, Bernice, and the others stood up and left. ♂️♀️ 31 They talked and said, “This man did nothing to die or to go to jail.” ⚖️ 32 Agrippa said to Festus, “He could be free if he had not asked to see Caesar.” ️