Acts 24:4-9 But so as not to detain you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ But so as not to detain you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. ⁵ For we have found this man a perfect pest and an agitator among all Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes ⁶ and even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him. ⁷ ⁸ By examining him for yourself, you will be able to find out from him everything of which we accuse him.”
⁹ The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.