Acts 26:5-9

since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

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.

Why is it considered incredible among you people if God raises the dead?

“So I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.