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10 And Paul answered, the governor having beckoned to him to speak: "Knowing that you, for many years, have been a judge to this nation, cheerfully do I make defense as to the things concerning myself; 11 since you are able clearly to know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship; 12 and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any one, or causing a stirring up of a multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; 13 nor are they able to prove to you the things of which they are now accusing me. 14 But I confess this to you, that, according to the Way which they call 'heresy,' so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all those things, which are according to the law, and which have been written in the prophets; 15 having hope toward God—which these themselves also are looking for—that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and unrighteous. 16 In this I myself also am striving always to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men. 17 Now, after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings; 18 amidst which they found me purified in the temple, neither with a multitude, nor with a tumult; but there were certain Jews from Asia, 19 who ought to be present before you and accuse me , if they have anything against me. 20 Or let these themselves say what wrong they found in me when standing before the Sanhedrin, 21 except concerning this one voice with which I cried aloud, standing among them, 'Concerning a resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you this day.' Acts 24:10-21, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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