4 “All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.c 5 They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.d 6 And now I stand on trial because of the hopee in what God promisedf to our ancestors, 7 the promise our twelve tribes hope to reach as they earnestly serve him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.g