Acts 26:3-9

³Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

⁴And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:

⁵Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

⁶And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:

⁷Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

⁸Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God should raise the dead?

⁹And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.