“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

After they stopped speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –

So he replied, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,