4. “Now all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth, that had taken place from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem,
5. having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
6. And now I stand here on trial on the basis of hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
7. to which our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve him night and day. Concerning this hope I am being accused by the Jews, O king!