Tree of Life Version
Acts 26:5
5They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
Acts 26:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- New International Version (NIV)They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Context of Acts 26:5
3since you are especially knowledgeable about all Jewish customs and issues. Therefore I beg you to listen patiently to me. 4“Now all the Jewish people have known my manner of life ever since my youth, starting from the beginning in my own nation and also in Jerusalem. They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. 6“Yet now I stand here being judged for the hope in the promise made by God to our fathers. 7It is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jewish people, O King!
Read all of Acts 26Acts 26:5 word by word
προγινώσκοντές με ἄνωθεν, ἐὰν θέλωσιν μαρτυρεῖν ὅτι κατὰ τὴν ἀκριβεστάτην αἵρεσιν τῆς ἡμετέρας θρησκείας ἔζησα Φαρισαῖος·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Which knewπρογινώσκωproginōskō · to know/chooseG4267
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- from the beginningἄνωθενanōthen · from above/againG509
- ifἐάνean · ifG1437
- they wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
- testifyμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- afterκατάkata · according toG2596
- the most straitestὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the most straitestἀκριβέστατοςakribestatos · strictestG196
- sectαἵρεσιςhairesis · sectG139
- of ourἡμέτεροςhēmeteros · ourG2251
- religionθρησκείαthrēskeia · religionG2356
- I livedζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- a PhariseeΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
Cross-references for Acts 26:5
- Acts 22:5as the kohen gadol and all the council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers, and I went to Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem even those who were there in chains—to be punished.
- Acts 23:6But recognizing that one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
- Philippians 3:5circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel; from the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the Torah, a Pharisee;
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man to be a pest, stirring up riots among all the Jewish people throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim.
Commentaries on Acts 26:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5After the most straitest sect - That is, the Pharisees; who were reputed the strictest in their doctrines, and in their moral practices, of all the sects then among the Jews. The sects were the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Which knew me - Who were well acquainted with me. From the beginning - ̓́ anōthenFormerly; or from the very commencement of my career. Who were perfectly apprised of my whole course. If they would testify - If they would bear witness to what they know. That after the most straitest - The most rigid; the most strict, not only in regard to the written Law of God, but to the traditions of the elders. Paul himself elsewhere testifies Philemon 3:4-6 that he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23In his careful defense before King Agrippa, Paul argued that his message agreed fully with the Jewish faith. He began by respectfully recognizing Agrippa’s knowledge of Jewish matters (26:2–3). He then described his early life, his training in Judaism, and his membership in the Pharisees (a Jewish group known for strict obedience to the law; 26:4–5). Paul explained that the charges against him were only because he believed that God had fulfilled the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. from my youth, which was at the first ... at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning--plainly showing that he received his education, even from early youth, at Jerusalem. See on Ac 22:3.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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