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Commanding his accusers to come to thee: by examining whom, thou thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.
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And the Jews also assented, saying, that these things were so.
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Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been for many years a judge to this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
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That thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
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And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither exciting the people to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
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Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.
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But this I confess to thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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And have hope towards God, which they themselves also allow, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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And in this I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense towards God, and [towards] men.
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Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
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Upon which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.