Acts 24:14

But I confess this to you, that I worship ¹  the God of our ancestors ²  according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law ³  and that is written in the prophets.

Ex 3:15; 1Ch 29:18; Ps 119:46; Am 8:14; Mic 4:2; Mt 7:12; Mt 10:32; Mt 22:40; Lu 1:70; Lu 16:16,29; Lu 24:27,44; Joh 1:45; Joh 5:39-47; Ac 3:13; Ac 3:22-24; Ac 5:30; Ac 7:32; Ac 9:2; Ac 10:43; Ac 13:15; Ac 19:9,23; Ac 22:14; Ac 24:5; Ac 26:22,27; Ac 28:23; Ro 3:21; 1Co 11:19; Ga 5:20; 2Ti 1:3; Tit 3:10; 1Pe 1:11; 2Pe 2:1; 2Pe 2:2; Re 19:10

¹ tn Or “serve.”

² tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

³ sn That is, the law of Moses. Paul was claiming that he legitimately worshiped the God of Israel. He was arguing that this amounted to a religious dispute rather than a political one, so that the Roman authorities need not concern themselves with it.