13 Nor can they prove to you the accusations they are now making against me.
14 But this I do admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our ancestors and I believe everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.
15 I have the same hope in God as they themselves have that there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous.
16 Because of this, I always strive to keep my conscience clear before God and man.
17 After many years, I came to bring alms for my nation and offerings.
18 While I was so engaged, they found me, after my purification, in the temple without a crowd or disturbance.
19 But some Jews from the province of Asia, who should be here before you to make whatever accusation they might have against me—