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2 Concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews, king Agrippa, I deem myself happy, being about to defend myself to thee this day:
3 Especially thee being judge of all the customs among the Jews, and also of the questions: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 Therefore truly my manner of life from youth, having been from the beginning in my nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews know:
5 Knowing me beforehand, from a former period, if they would testify, that according to the most strict sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
6 And now in the hope of the solemn promise having been made to the fathers by God, I stand, being judged,
7 To which our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to arrive. For which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews.
8 Why is it judged incredible by you, if God raise the dead?
9 I therefore truly thought to myself, I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarite.
10 Which I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the holy ones I shut up in prison, having received authority from chief priests; and they taken up, I carried down a vote.
11 And in all the synagogues, many times punishing them, I compelled to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I drove out even also to cities without.