Acts 26:4-9

⁴Then Paul said, “A lot of Jewish people know the way I used to live, from the time I was a young man. They know the way I lived in my home country, and also in Jerusalem.

⁵They know that I joined the mob called the Pharisees, and I kept our law properly, like all the Pharisees do. Those Jews that are blaming me know this, and they can tell you this about me if they want to.

⁶You see, boss, I believe that God will do everything that he promised to our grand-fathers of long ago. All of us Jews, in all of our 12 tribes, we are all waiting for God to do the thing he promised, and we show respect to him all the time. We know he will do it. And I really believe that too. But now those Jewish leaders are blaming me for believing it.

⁸You see, you mob don’t believe that God can make dead people alive again. But he can. Why can’t you believe it?”

⁹Paul kept talking, he said, “You know, at one time I thought I had to stop people from following Jesus, the man from Nazareth. I did a lot of things to try to stop them.