Acts 26:4-9

⁴My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

⁵Who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify) that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

⁶And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:

⁷To which promise our twelve tribes, assiduously serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

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

⁹I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.