²⁹ I found that he was being accused ^(A)about questions of their law, but ^(B)charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.

³¹ And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, ^(A)“This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.”

¹⁵ But ^(A)since it is a matter of questions about words and names and ^(B)your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”

²⁵ But I found that ^(A)he had done nothing deserving death. And ^(B)as he himself appealed to ^(C)the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.

¹⁸ When they had examined me, they ^(A)wished to set me at liberty, ^(B)because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.

¹⁹ Rather they ^(A)had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about ^(B)a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive. ²⁰ Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I ^(C)asked whether he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them.

¹¹ If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. ^(A)I appeal to Caesar.”

⁷ When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him ^(A)that they could not prove. ⁸ Paul argued in his defense, “Neither ^(B)against ^(C)the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor ^(D)against Caesar have I committed any offense.”

¹⁰ And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied:

“Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense. ¹¹ You can verify that ^(A)it is not more than twelve days since I ^(B)went up ^(C)to worship in Jerusalem, ¹² and ^(D)they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city. ^13 (E)Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. ¹⁴ But this I confess to you, that according to ^(F)the Way, which they call ^(G)a sect, ^(H)I worship ^(I)the God of our fathers, believing everything ^(J)laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, ^15 (K)having ^(L)a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be ^(M)a resurrection ^(N)of both the just and the unjust. ¹⁶ So I always ^(O)take pains to have a ^(P)clear conscience toward both God and man. ¹⁷ Now ^(Q)after several years ^(R)I came to bring alms to ^(S)my nation and to present ^(T)offerings. ¹⁸ While I was doing this, they found me ^(U)purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But ^(V)some Jews from Asia— ^19 (W)they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, should they have anything against me. ²⁰ Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, ²¹ other than this one thing ^(X)that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”