Acts 24:13–21

¹³“^aNor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me.

¹⁴“But this I admit to you, that according to ^athe Way which they call a ^bsect I do serve ^1cthe God of our fathers, ^dbelieving everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets;

¹⁵having a hope in God, which ^athese men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

¹⁶“In view of this, ^aI also ¹do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

¹⁷“Now ^aafter several years I ^bcame to bring ¹alms to my nation and to present offerings;

¹⁸in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been ^apurified, without any ^bcrowd or uproar. But there were some ^cJews from ¹Asia—

¹⁹who ought to have been present before you and to ^amake accusation, if they should have anything against me.

²⁰“Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before ^athe ¹Council,

²¹other than for this one statement which ^aI shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’ ”