Acts 24:13–21

¹³Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. ¹⁴But this I confess to you, that according to ^jthe Way which they call a sect, so I worship the ^kGod of my fathers, believing all things which are written in ^lthe Law and in the Prophets. ^15mI have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, ⁿthat there will be a resurrection ⁵of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. ^16oThis being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

¹⁷“Now after many years ^pI came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, ^18qin the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me ^rpurified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. ^19sThey ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me. ²⁰Or else let those who are here themselves say ⁶if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council, ²¹unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, ^t‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.’ ”