Acts 24:13-20

¹³Nor can they prove to you any of their accusations against me.

¹⁴But I will admit this to you: I serve the God of our fathers following the beliefs of the Way, which they call a heretical sect. I believe everything the law teaches and what is written in the books of the prophets.

¹⁵I have the same hope in God that they do, believing that there will be a resurrection of the good and the wicked.

¹⁶Consequently I try to make sure I always have a clear conscience before God and everyone.

¹⁷Having been away for a few years I returned to bring some money to help the poor and to give offerings to God.

¹⁸That's what they found me doing in the Temple—completing the ceremony of purification. There was no crowd and no disturbance.

¹⁹But some Jews from the province of Asia were there, who should be present here before you today to bring their charges, if they have anything against me.

²⁰Otherwise let these men here explain themselves what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,