'And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial here today. - The transition ('And now') marks the shift from his past as a zealous Pharisee to his present as a prisoner. His 'hope' (elpis, elpis) is 'in what God has promised our ancestors' (epi tē elpidi tēs epangelias tēs genomenēs hypo tou theou pros tous pateras hēmōn, epi tē elpidi tēs epangelias tēs genomenēs hypo tou theou pros tous pateras hēmōn-'based on the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers'). He anchors Christian hope in Jewish ancestral promise, making his faith not a break from Judaism but its fulfillment.

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