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And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
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You can verify that
1it is not more than twelve days since I
2went up
3to worship in Jerusalem,
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and
4they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
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5Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
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But this I confess to you, that according to
6the Way, which they call
7a sect,
8I worship
9the God of our fathers, believing everything
10laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
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11having
12a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be
13a resurrection
14of both the just and the unjust.
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So I always
15take pains to have a
16clear conscience toward both God and man.
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Now
17after several years
18I came to bring alms to
19my nation and to present
20offerings.
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While I was doing this, they found me
21purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But
22some Jews from Asia--
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23they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me.
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Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
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other than this one thing
24that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'"