13 (A)Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me. 14 But I confess this to you, that in accordance with [a](B)the Way, which they call a (C)sect, I do serve (D)the God of our fathers, (E)believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and 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 do my best to maintain a blameless conscience both before God and before other people, always.

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  1. Acts 24:14 See John 14:6

13 And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me.(A) 14 However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors(B) as a follower of the Way,(C) which they call a sect.(D) I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,(E) 15 and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection(F) of both the righteous and the wicked.(G) 16 So I strive always to keep my conscience clear(H) before God and man.

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20 Or else have these men themselves declare what violation they discovered when I stood before (A)the [a]Council, 21 other than in regard to this one declaration which (B)I shouted while standing among them, ‘For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today!’”

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  1. Acts 24:20 Or Sanhedrin

20 Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin— 21 unless it was this one thing I shouted as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”(A)

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