Acts 24:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ This is why I always try to ·do what I believe is right [^Lhave a clear conscience] before God and people.

¹⁷ “After being away from Jerusalem for ·several [^Lmany] years, I went back to bring ·money [alms; gifts for the poor] to my ·people [nation; Rom. 15:26; 1 Cor. 16:1; 2 Cor. 8:4; 9:1, 13] and to ·offer sacrifices [present offerings]. ¹⁸ I was doing this when they found me in the Temple. I ·had finished the cleansing ceremony [or I was ritually pure; 21:20–29] ·and had not made any trouble; no people were gathering around me [^Lwith neither crowd nor trouble].