For it seems to me absurd to send a prisoner, without at the same time stating the charges made against him."
"Does our Law pass judgment on a man without first giving him a hearing, and finding out what he has been doing?"
But I have nothing definite to write about him to my Imperial Master; and for that reason I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examining him, I may have something to write.
Turning to Paul, Agrippa said: "You are at liberty to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.