6. And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
7. to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
8. Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
9. “I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10. And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
11. And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.