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Gevurot 26:6-11 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

6. "And now I stand here on trial on account of my tikvah in the havtacha made to Avoteinu,

7. "A havtacha Sheneym Asar Shevateinu have tikvah to attain, as they with earnestness worship Hashem yomam valailah. It if for this tikvah, your Excellency, that I am accused by Yehudim!

8. "Why is it considered incredible by any of you that Hashem makes the Mesim to stand up alive?

9. "Indeed, I myself thought it necessary to do many opposing things against ha-Shem of Yehoshua from Natzeret.

10. "And this I also did in Yerushalayim; and armed with samchut received from the Rashei Hakohanim, many of the kadoshim I locked up in the beis hasohar; and I cast my vote keneged (against) them when they received the death penalty.

11. "And throughout all the shuls I often punished them, forcing them to commit Chillul Hashem gidduf (blasphemy), and since I was so enraged against them, I was bringing redifah on them even as far as foreign cities.

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