Acts 26 opens with Paul standing before the man whose great grandfather had tried to kill the infant Jesus. And whose father had martyred the apostle James in Acts 12. How will this Herodian treat the message of Messiah and the Jesus movement? Paul has his third occasion to give his personal testimony. Each time he shares his story he adapts it for his audience. In this account Paul reveals that though born in Tarsus, he actually grew up in Jerusalem in a Pharisaical family, later studying under Gamaliel. His defense before King Agrippa centres around the hope of the resurrection of both Messiah and the Dead as found in the Torah, Writings and Prophets.
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