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Neither can they prove unto thee the things whereof they now accuse me.
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But this I confess to thee that according to the way which they call a heresy, so do I serve the Father and my God, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets:
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Having hope in God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection of the just and unjust.
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And herein do I endeavour to have always a conscience without offence, towards God and towards men.
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Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings and vows.
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In which I was found purified in the temple: neither with multitude nor with tumult.
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But certain Jews of Asia, who ought to be present before thee and to accuse, if they had anything against me:
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Or let these men themselves say if they found in me any iniquity, when standing before the council,
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Except it be for this one voice only that I cried, standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead am I judged this day by you.
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And Felix put them off, having most certain knowledge of this way, saying: When Lysias the tribune shall come down, I will hear you.
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And he commanded a centurion to keep him: and that he should be easy and that he should not prohibit any of his friends to minister unto him.