13. Neither can they provide evidence to you of what they now bring against me.
14. But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.
15. And I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there is going to be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.
16. I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.
17. After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,
18. and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.
19. It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.