But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 26:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 having 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have had knowledge of me for a long time, if they are willing to testify to it, that in accordance with the strictest sect of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. American Standard Version (1901) having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Common English Bible They have known me for a long time. If they wanted to, they could testify that I followed the way of life set out by the most exacting group of our religion. I am a Pharisee. Catholic Public Domain Version They knew me well from the beginning, (if they would be willing to offer testimony) for I lived according to the most determined sect of our religion: as a Pharisee. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. |
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus, to bring them also which were there unto Jerusalem in bonds, for to be punished.
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets:
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: