For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.
To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.
Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?
But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.
And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying: