He continued, ‘I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
Acts 26:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My behavior and manner of living from my youth up is known by all the Jews; [they are aware] that from [its] commencement my youth was spent among my own race in Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) 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; Common English Bible Every Jew knows the way of life I have followed since my youth because, from the beginning, I was among my people and in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version And certainly, all the Jews know about my life from my youth, which had its beginning among my own people in Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know: |
He continued, ‘I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;
But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, and endurance,