¹³ Neither can they prove the charges they are now making against me. ¹⁴ But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way,^(A) which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.^{(B) 15} I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection,^[a](C) both of the righteous and the unrighteous.^{(D) 16} I always strive to have a clear conscience^(E) toward God and men.

²⁰ Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin, ²¹ other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”