But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he was about to go there shortly.

"Therefore," he said, "the prominent men among you, let them go with me and accuse this man, if there is anything in this man."

then Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." So Paul, having extended his hand, spoke in his own defense:

and it be told you, and you shall have inquired diligently, and behold, the thing really took place, this abomination has been done in Israel;

then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days.

And the judges shall make diligent inquiry; and behold, [if] an unjust witness has borne unjust testimony, [and] has stood up against his brother,

Whoever answers a word before he hears [a cause], it is folly and reproach to him.

A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.

Does our law judge a man before it hears from him first, and knows what he is doing?"