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Acts 26:4 KJV
Acts · chapter 26 · verse 4
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Acts 26:4 · King James Version
Acts 26:4 in context
2I 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:
3Especially 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.
4My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemhierosolymaJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2414 →
- mannermentruly, certainly, surely, indeedG3303 →
- mannerounthen, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being soG3767 →
- nationethnosa multitude associated or living together, a company, troop, swarm, a multitude of…G1484 →
- youthneotēsyouth, youthful ageG3503 →
- firstarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
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Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here superior, yet senior, to Festus;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11