¹⁸ The men who had spoken against him stood up. I thought they would say that Paul had done some very bad thing. But they did not say that. ¹⁹ Instead, they were arguing with Paul about what the Jews teach about God. They were arguing about a man who is called Jesus. Jesus had died. But Paul was saying that he is alive. ²⁰ I did not know how I could judge all these problems. So I told Paul, “I want to take you to Jerusalem. Would you be happy to go there? Then I will listen to what these men are saying against you. I will judge there who is right.”