Acts 24:10-21 - Paul's Defense Before Felix

¹⁰ Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Since I know that thou hast been for many years a judge for this nation, I answer for myself cheerfully; ¹¹ for it is in thy power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship. ¹² And neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any one, or stirring up a tumult of the people, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; ¹³ nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. ¹⁴ But this I acknowledge to thee, that according to the way [of belief] which they call a sect, so do I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and by the Prophets; ¹⁵ having a hope in God, which they themselves also entertain, that there will be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous. ¹⁶ On this ground do I also myself strive to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. ¹⁷ And after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and to make offerings; ¹⁸ in doing which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd nor with tumult; but certain Jews from Asia [caused it], ¹⁹ who ought to be here before thee, and make their charge, if they had aught against me. ²⁰ Or, let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the council, ²¹ except in relation to this one expression, which I uttered aloud while standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am tried before you this day.