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Acts 26:5 KJV
Acts · chapter 26 · verse 5
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Acts 26:5 · King James Version
Acts 26:5 in context
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:
7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beginninganōthenfrom above, from a higher place, of things which come from heaven or God, from the first…G509 →
- straitestakribēsexact, careful, of the strictest sect the most precise and rigorous in interpreting the…G196 →
- religionthrēskeiareligious worship, esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies, religious…G2356 →
- testifymartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- livedzaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
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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