Acts 24:6-21

⁶who also attempted to profane the temple, and we apprehended him;

⁸and from him thou canst thyself ascertain by examination all these things of which we accuse him.

⁹And the Jews also joined in the charges against him, affirming that these things were so.

¹⁰Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Since I know that thou hast been for many years a judge for this nation, I answer for myself cheerfully;

¹¹for it is in thy power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

¹²And neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any one, or stirring up a tumult of the people, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city;

¹³nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

¹⁴But this I acknowledge to thee, that according to the way of belief which they call a sect, so do I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and by the Prophets;

¹⁵having a hope in God, which they themselves also entertain, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

¹⁶On this ground do I also myself strive to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.

¹⁷And after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and to make offerings;

¹⁸in doing which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with tumult; but certain Jews from Asia caused it,

¹⁹who ought to be here before thee, and make their charge, if they had aught against me.

²⁰Or, let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the council,

²¹except in relation to this one expression, which I uttered aloud while standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am tried before you this day.