You are mad, Paul! Notice it is Festus, a Gentile, who breaks in on Paul and shouts that only a deranged brain could imagine such things, Compare this outburst with the reaction of the Athenians (Acts 17:32). Your great learning may refer to Paul's obvious religious education, since Festus and many others like him thought all religion was a delusion. Remember also, Festus had just become governor, and did not know Paul's history. Paul answered. He calmly points out that he is not "mad," but speaks the truth. He had full control of himself. King Agrippa! All the things that Paul had been talking about were well known to Agrippa. This had been "out in the open" where everyone could see, and Christianity had started in the very city where Christ had been killed, just fifty days after he raised from death.

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