12 No one found me having a discussion with anyone in the temple courtyard or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues throughout the city.
13 These people cannot even prove their accusations to you.
14 But I’ll admit to you that I’m a follower of the way ⌊of Christ⌋, which they call a sect. This means that I serve our ancestors’ God and believe everything written in Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets.
15 I hope for the same thing my accusers do, that people with God’s approval and those without it will come back to life.
16 With this belief I always do my best to have a clear conscience in the sight of God and people.
17 After many years I have come back to my people and brought gifts for the poor and offerings ⌊for God⌋.
18 My accusers found me in the temple courtyard doing these things after I had gone through the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present.