the promise our twelve tribes hope to see fulfilled as they worship with all earnestness night and day. It is for this hope, Your Majesty, that I am accused by Jews.
In context
5They have known me for a long time and could testify, if they were willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, by the strictest party of our religion. 6And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise God made to our ancestors — 7the promise our twelve tribes hope to see fulfilled as they worship with all earnestness night and day. It is for this hope, Your Majesty, that I am accused by Jews. 8Why should any of you find it incredible that God raises the dead? 9I myself was once convinced that I had to do everything I could against the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
