Acts 26:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.”
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“They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 26:5 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- Acts 22:5as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
- Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 24:14I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- Philippians 3:5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
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