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Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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But this I confess unto thee, that according to 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 I have hope in God, which they themselves also hold, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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And herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offense toward God and toward men.
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"Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings,
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whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, with neither crowd nor tumult.
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These ought to have been here before thee to object if they had aught against me;
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or else let these same say here if they have found any evildoing in me when I stood before the council,
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unless it be for this one utterance that I cried out standing among them: `Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am called into question by you this day.'"
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And when Felix heard these things, having a more complete knowledge of that Way, he deferred the hearing and said, "When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter."
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And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, but to let him have some liberties, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintances to minister or come unto him.