Acts 26:7 CPDV

⁵  They knew me well from the beginning, (if they would be willing to offer testimony) for I lived according to the most determined sect of our religion: as a Pharisee.

⁶  And now, it is in the hope of the Promise which was made by God to our fathers that I stand subject to judgment.

⁷  It is the Promise that our twelve tribes, worshiping night and day, hope to see. About this hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

⁸  Why should it be judged so unbelievable with you all that God might raise the dead?

⁹  And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.