Then Agrippa said to Paul, 'You have permission to speak for yourself.' So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense. - Agrippa's permission ('You have permission to speak for yourself,' soi epitetraptal soi legein, soi epitetraptal soi legein-literally 'to you it is permitted to speak') grants Paul the floor. His gesture-motioning with his hand (kineō tēn cheira, kineō tēn cheira)-recalls the classical orator's pose. The defense (apologia, apologia) will be the longest of the three in Acts, the most developed retelling of his conversion, and addressed to a sympathetic Jewish audience of rank.

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