And it came to pass after three days that Paul called together those who were prominent among the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them: "Men, brothers, though I have done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, yet I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans,

therefore also without objecting, I came when I was sent for. I ask, then, for what reason have you sent for me?"

"Therefore immediately I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now then we are all present before God, to hear all the things having been commanded you by God."

But when Paul perceived that one part was of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, "Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

having hope in God, which even they themselves are waiting for, that there is going to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

And now for the hope of the promise having been made by God to the fathers, I stand before you judged,

[a promise] to which our twelve tribes, as they earnestly serve God night and day, hope to attain. Concerning which hope I am accused by [the] Jews, King Agrippa.

And Paul said, "I would pray to God, both in a short time and a long time, not only you, but also all who are hearing me today, would become such as I am, except for these chains."

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles--

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

for the sake of which I serve as an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I must speak.

so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ;

This greeting [is] by my [own] hand--Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. Amen.

but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ, having nullified death on the one hand, [and] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other,

in which I endure hardship unto chains as an evildoer; but the word of God is not chained.

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds,

whom I wished to keep with myself, in order that on your behalf he might serve me in the bonds of the gospel.