8. By examining him yourself you will be able to find out from him about everything of which we accuse him.”
9. The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.
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 it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
12. and they 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. Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
14. But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
15. having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.