'So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. - Paul affirms his obedience (apeitheo, apeitheo-negated: 'not disobedient') to 'the heavenly vision' (optasia, optasia-'apparition, vision'). His decisive statement anchors everything that follows: his persecutions, his imprisonment, his present trial-all flow from his faithful response to the vision. Obedience is his defense against all charges: he is guilty only of obeying God.

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