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Acts 26:4

Jerusalem

2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:

3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

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

6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.
KJV
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
WEB
“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;
ASV
My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
DARBY
My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
BLB
Then indeed my manner of life, which [is] from youth, having been from [its] beginning among my nation and in Jerusalem, all the Jews know—
ÅB
Mitt liv fra ungdommen av, som jeg fra første stund har levd iblant mitt folk og i Jerusalem, kjenner alle jøder,
OTB
Alle jødene vet om min livsførsel fra min ungdom, som ble tilbrakt fra begynnelsen i mitt eget land og i Jerusalem.
B1930
Mitt liv fra ungdommen av, som jeg fra første stund har levd iblandt mitt folk og i Jerusalem, kjenner alle jøder,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Galatians 1:13

    For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

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  • 2 Timothy 3:10

    But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

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  • Acts 22:3

    I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

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  • Philippians 3:5

    Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

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