Acts 26:25

But Paul replied, ¹  “I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, ²  but am speaking ³  true and rational ⁴  words.

Lu 1:3; Joh 8:49; Ac 23:26; Ac 24:3; Tit 1:9; Tit 2:7,8; 1Pe 2:21-23; 1Pe 3:9,15

¹ tn Grk “said.”

² sn See the note on Porcius Festus in 24:27.

³ tn Or “declaring.” BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποφθέγγομαι states, “speak out, declare boldly or loudly…τὶ: σωφροσύνης ῥήματα Ac 26:25.”

⁴ tn BDAG 987 s.v. σωφροσύνη 1 has “gener. soundness of mind, reasonableness, rationality…ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα true and rational words (opp. μαίνομαι) Ac 26:25.”