¹³These people cannot even prove their accusations to you. ¹⁴But I’ll admit to you that I’m a follower of the way ⸤of Christ⸥, which they call a sect. This means that I serve our ancestors’ God and believe everything written in Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets. ¹⁵I hope for the same thing my accusers do, that people with God’s approval and those without it will come back to life. ¹⁶With this belief I always do my best to have a clear conscience in the sight of God and people. ¹⁷After many years I have come back to my people and brought gifts for the poor and offerings ⸤for God⸥. ¹⁸My accusers found me in the temple courtyard doing these things after I had gone through the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present. ¹⁹But some Jews from the province of Asia were there. They should be here in front of you to accuse me if they have anything against me. ²⁰Otherwise, these men who are accusing me should tell what I was charged with when I stood in front of their council. ²¹They could accuse me of only one thing. As I stood among them, I shouted, ‘I’m being tried in front of you because ⸤I believe that⸥ the dead will come back to life.’ ”

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