6. "Today I am on trial because of the hope I have. I believe in what God promised our people long ago.
7. It is the promise that our 12 tribes are hoping to see come true. Because of this hope they serve God with a true and honest heart day and night. King Agrippa, it is also because of this hope that the Jews are bringing charges against me.
8. Why should any of you think it is impossible for God to raise the dead?
9. "I myself believed that I should do everything I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.