For it seems illogical to me when sending a prisoner, not to report also the charges against him.”
One who answers before listening— that is his folly and his shame.
“Our Torah doesn’t judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”
Yet I have nothing specific to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you—and especially before you, King Agrippa—so that after the investigation has taken place, I might have something to write.
Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.