4 I do not want to take up too much of your time, however, so I beg you to be kind and listen to our brief account.
5 We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.
6 He also tried to defile the Temple, and we arrested him.
8 If you question this man, you yourself will be able to learn from him all the things that we are accusing him of.”
9 The Jews joined in the accusation and said that all this was true.
10 The governor then motioned to Paul to speak, and Paul said,“I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, and so I am happy to defend myself before you.
11 As you can find out for yourself, it was no more than twelve days ago that I went to Jerusalem to worship.