But some belonging to the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Torah of Moses.”
Acts 26:5 - Tree of Life Version They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. 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 belonging to the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Torah of Moses.”
“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, trained strictly according to the Torah of our fathers, being zealous for God just as all of you are today.
as the kohen gadol and all the council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers, and I went to Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem even those who were there in chains—to be punished.
But recognizing that one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
“But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything written in the Torah and the Prophets.
For we have found this man to be a pest, stirring up riots among all the Jewish people throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim.