^13 (A)Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me. ¹⁴ But this I admit to you, that according to ^(B)the Way which they call a ^(C)sect I do serve ^[a](D)the God of our fathers, ^(E)believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; ¹⁵ having a hope in God, which ^(F)these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. ¹⁶ In view of this, ^(G)I also ^[b]do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

²⁰ Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before ^(A)the ^[a]Council, ²¹ other than for this one statement which ^(B)I shouted out while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’”