Chapter 24, verses 10-16
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When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,
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seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
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In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
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Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
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But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets
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having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
