Acts 26:6-11

New American Standard Bible

⁶ And now I am standing trial ^(A)for the hope of ^(B)the promise made by God to our fathers; ⁷ the promise ^(C)to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. For this ^(D)hope, O king, I am being ^(E)accused by Jews. ⁸ Why is it considered incredible among you people ^(F)if God raises the dead?

⁹ “So ^(G)I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to ^(H)the name of Jesus ^[a]of Nazareth. ¹⁰ And this is ^[b]just what I ^(I)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the ^[c]saints in prisons, after ^(J)receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also ^(K)cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. ¹¹ And ^(L)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was ^(M)extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them ^(N)even to ^[d]foreign cities.