5having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.


In Context

2 |I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,

3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.

4 |Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;

5 having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

6 Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

Acts 26:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, how that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5Who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify) that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5knowing 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strait sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.