Riverside(i)
2 "In regard to all of the things of which I am accused by Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am to make my defense to-day before you,
3 since you are especially expert in all Jewish customs and questions. Therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.
4 "My life from boyhood, which was from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, all Jews know.
5 They knew me from long ago, if they were willing to testify, and that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6 And now I stand to be tried for the hope of the promise which God made to our fathers,
7 to which our twelve tribes devotedly serving God night and day hope to attain. For this hope I am accused by the Jews, O King.
8 "Why do all of you consider it incredible if God raises dead men?
9 I thought with myself that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10 And I did it in Jerusalem and many holy men I shut up in prison, getting authority from the high priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
11 In all the synagogues and often I punished them and compelled them to say profane words. Being excessively mad against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.