3. For all of this, Your Excellency, we are very grateful to you.
4. But I don’t want to bore you, so please give me your attention for only a moment.
5. We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.
6. Furthermore, he was trying to desecrate the Temple when we arrested him.
8. You can find out the truth of our accusations by examining him yourself.”
9. Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.
10. The governor then motioned for Paul to speak. Paul said, “I know, sir, that you have been a judge of Jewish affairs for many years, so I gladly present my defense before you.