◄ Acts 26:5 ►
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Good News Translation
They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.

New Revised Standard Version
They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I have belonged to the strictest sect of our religion and lived as a Pharisee.

New American Bible
They have known about me from the start, if they are willing to testify, that I have lived my life as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived, a Pharisee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived, a Pharisee.

if.

Acts 22:5 As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished.

that.

Acts 23:6 And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Philippians 3:5,6 Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews. According to the law, a Pharisee: . . .

sect.

Acts 24:5,14 We have found this to be a pestilent man and raising seditions among all the Jews throughout the world: and author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes. . . .

Context
Paul's Testimony to Agrippa
…4And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: 5Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived, a Pharisee. 6And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:…
Cross References
Acts 15:5
But there arose of the sect of the Pharisees some that believed, saying: They must be circumcised and be commanded to observe the law of Moses.

Acts 22:3
And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day:

Acts 23:6
And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Philippians 3:5
Being circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews. According to the law, a Pharisee:

Acts 26:4
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