...with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 25 But he said, 1 am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely; for 1 am persuaded...

...and interrupts, "Paul, thou art beside thyself, much learning doth make thee mad." But Paul replies, "I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth the words of truth." Thus from the very first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles until almost the last, the one theme which...