But some of the sect of the Perushim who believed rose up, saying, *It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Torah of Moshe.*
Acts 26:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Parush. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 some of the sect of the Perushim who believed rose up, saying, *It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Torah of Moshe.*
*I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli'el, instructed according to the strict manner of the Torah of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.
As also the Kohen Gadol and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Yerushalayim in bonds to be punished.
But when Sha'ul perceived that the one part were Tzedukim and the other Perushim, he cried out in the council, *Men and brothers, I am a Parush, a son of Perushim. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!*
But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Torah, and which are written in the prophets;
For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzerim.