For I think it is unreasonable to send a prisoner on to Rome without specifying the charges against him.”
To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write.
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: