24 And as[a] he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Your[b] great learning is driving[c] you insane!”[d] 25 But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking words of truth and rationality. 26 For the king knows about these things, to whom also I am speaking freely, for I am not convinced that these things in any way have escaped[e] his notice, because this was[f] not done[g] in a corner.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:24 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was saying … in his defense”)
  2. Acts 26:24 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Acts 26:24 Literally “is turning”
  4. Acts 26:24 Literally “to madness”
  5. Acts 26:26 Some manuscripts have “that any of these things in any way has escaped”
  6. Acts 26:26 Literally “is”
  7. Acts 26:26 Literally “having been done”