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And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:
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Seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
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and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
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Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
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But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
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having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.
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Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.
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Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
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amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but [there were] certain Jews from Asia--
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who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.
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Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,
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except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.