10 And when the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully with respect to the things concerning myself.
11 You can ascertain that it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
12 And neither did they find me arguing with anyone or making a crowd develop in the temple courts nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city.
13 Nor can they prove the things to you concerning which they are now accusing me.
14 But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things that are in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,
15 having a hope in God which these men also themselves await: that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.
16 For this reason also I myself always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and people.