10. And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied:“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.
11. You can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,
12. and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.
13. Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me.
14. But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
15. having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
16. So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
17. Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.
18. While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—