(24)As thus he was proceeding in his defence, Festus with a loud voice said, Paul, thou art raving; much reading hath driven thee to madness. (25)But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but utter words of truth and sobriety. (26)For the king is well acquainted with these things, before whom also I speak with the greatest freedom. For I am persuaded that none of these events have escaped his notice; for this thing was not done in a corner. (27)King Agrippa! believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. (28)Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. (29)And Paul replied, would to God, that not only thou, but also that all who are hearing me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these chains. (30)So when he had thus spoken, the king arose, and the governor, and Bernice, and they who sat with him, (31)and retiring, conversed together, saying, This man hath done nothing worthy of death, or of chains. (32)And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to Caesar. CHAP. XXVII. NOW as it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan cohort. (2)And embarking in a ship of Adrymittium, ready to sail for the coast of Asia, we proceeded on our voyage, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. (3)And the next day we arrived at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul with the greatest humanity, and permitted him to go to his friends, to enjoy the benefit of their care. (4)And taking our departure from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. (5)And traversing the sea opposite to Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Myra, a city of Lycia. (6)And the centurion finding there a ship of Alexandria bound for Italy, he put us on board of it.