17. “I was away from Jerusalem for several years. I went back there to bring money to my people and to offer sacrifices.
18. I was doing this when they found me in the Temple. I had finished the cleansing ceremony. I had not made any trouble; no people were gathering around me.
19. But some Jews from Asia were there. They should be here, standing before you. If I have really done anything wrong, they are the ones who should accuse me.
20. Or ask these Jews here if they found any wrong in me when I stood before the Jewish council in Jerusalem.
21. But I did say one thing when I stood before them: ‘You are judging me today because I believe that people will rise from death!’”