Acts 24:16-18

Living Bible

¹⁶ Because of this, I try with all my strength to always maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

¹⁷ “After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid the Jews and to offer a sacrifice to God. ¹⁸ My accusers saw me in the Temple as I was presenting my thank offering.^[a] I had shaved my head as their laws required, and there was no crowd around me, and no rioting! But some Jews from Turkey were there