15. having hope towards God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16. In this I also practise always having a conscience void of offence towards God and men.
17. Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;
18. amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
19. They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
20. Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,
21. unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing amongst them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”
22. But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”