當地的王亞基帕和他姐姐百尼基來拜訪非斯都，他是新上任的凱撒總督。非斯都就和亞基帕談論保羅的事。亞基帕是曾殺害雅各和把彼得下在監裡的希律王的兒子（徒 12），所以，那部分家庭歷史就成了保羅出現在亞基帕面前的背景之一。

保羅告訴他，自己在大馬色路上遇見耶穌，以及他向猶太人和外邦人為耶穌作見證意味著什麼。當保羅宣告耶穌從死裡復活時，非斯都打斷了保羅的見證，他認為保羅癲狂了。

保羅解釋說，亞基帕瞭解這些事，接著他問亞基帕：「你信先知嗎？我知道你是信的。」亞基帕在回答前，停頓了多久呢？但他用另一個問題駁斥了保羅的問題：「你想少微一勸，便叫我作基督徒啊。」

讓我們思考一下。成為基督徒需要多久呢？不需要很久。有可能就像在大馬色路上遇見耶穌一樣突然。

與此同時，保羅在離開時，向神祈求凡聽見的人有一天都會成為基督的信徒。

The local King Agrippa and Bernice (who was his sister) are visiting Festus, the new governor of Caesarea. Festus discusses Paul’s case with Agrippa. Agrippa is the son of the King Herod who had James killed and Peter imprisoned (Acts 12), so this family history is part of the background to Paul’s appearance before Agrippa.

Paul tells how Jesus met him on the Damascus road and what it meant for him to be a witness for Christ to the Jews and Gentiles. When Paul declares that Jesus rose from the dead, Festus disrupts Paul’s testimony, claiming that Paul is out of his mind.

Paul explains that Agrippa is familiar with all these things, and then he asks Agrippa this question: “Do you believe in the prophets? I know you do.” How long does Agrippa pause before answering? We do not know. But he dismisses Paul’s question with another one: “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”

Let’s think about that. How long does it take to become a Christian? It does not need to take long. It can be as sudden as meeting Jesus on the Damascus road.

At the same time, Paul leaves the court with a prayer asking that all who are listening may someday become believers in Christ.

親愛的神，求你帶領所有讀到這些話的人進入永生。感化我們，並透過我們在各處分享你的福音。奉耶穌的名，阿們。