So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

‘And whatever nation to which they are enslaved I Myself will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’

But God turned away and gave them over to serve the heavenly lights; as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘You did not offer Me victims and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, did you, house of Israel?

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay;

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.

But I confess this to you, that in accordance with the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and is written in the Prophets;

the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. For this hope, O king, I am being accused by Jews.

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom I also serve, came to me,