Act 24:10-21 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

Acts 24:10-21

10 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. 11 You can verify that ^ait is not more than twelve days since I ^bwent up ^cto worship in Jerusalem, 12 and ^dthey did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. 13 ^eNeither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. 14 But this I confess to you, that according to ^fthe Way, which they call ^ga sect, ^hI worship ⁱthe God of our fathers, believing everything ^jlaid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, 15 ^khaving ^la hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be ^ma resurrection ⁿof both the just and the unjust. 16 So I always ^otake pains to have a ^pclear conscience toward both God and man. 17 Now ^qafter several years ^rI came to bring alms to ^smy nation and to present ^tofferings. 18 While I was doing this, they found me ^upurified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But ^vsome Jews from Asia— 19 ^wthey ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me. 20 Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, 21 other than this one thing ^xthat 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.’”