Acts 26:4-9

⁴All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

⁵And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.

⁶And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

⁷For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

⁸Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

⁹For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.