3. especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4. "So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
5. since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.
6. And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;
7. the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews.