¹⁵ For indeed I was ^(A)stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; ^(B)and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”

²⁰ Then Joseph’s master took him and ^(A)put him into the ^(B)prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

¹⁷ For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Christ’s Suffering and Ours

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring ^[a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

¹⁰ for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is ^[a]contrary to sound doctrine,

¹⁰ So Paul said, “I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you very well know. ^11 (A)For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. ^(B)I appeal to Caesar.”

^12 (A)And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. ¹³ Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. ¹⁴ But this I confess to you, that according to ^(B)the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the ^(C)God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in ^(D)the Law and in the Prophets. ^15 (E)I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, ^(F)that there will be a resurrection ^[a]of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. ^16 (G)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

¹⁷ “Now after many years ^(H)I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation, ^18 (I)in the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me ^(J)purified in the temple, neither with a mob nor with tumult. ^19 (K)They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me. ²⁰ Or else let those who are here themselves say ^[b]if they found any wrongdoing in me while I stood before the council, ²¹ unless it is for this one statement which I cried out, standing among them, ^(L)‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you this day.’ ”

²⁵ But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ^(A)‘They hated Me without a cause.’

³² Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

^22 (A)My God sent His angel and ^(B)shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”