6. Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.
7. In fact, that is why the twelve tribes of Israel zealously worship God night and day, and they share the same hope I have. Yet, Your Majesty, they accuse me for having this hope!
8. Why does it seem incredible to any of you that God can raise the dead?
9. “I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10. Indeed, I did just that in Jerusalem. Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many believers there to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death.