So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open,
Acts 26:3 - Y'all Version Bible especially because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and debates. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 especially 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Especially] because you are so fully and unusually conversant with all the Jewish customs and controversies; therefore, I beg you to hear me patiently. American Standard Version (1901) especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. Common English Bible This is because you understand well all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I ask you to listen to me patiently. Catholic Public Domain Version especially since you know everything that pertains to the Jews, both customs and questions. Because of this, I beg you to listen to me patiently. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. |
So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open,
They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who live among the ethnic groups to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk according to our customs.
The governor motioned for him to speak, then Paul responded, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this ethnic group for many years, I gladly make my defense.
But so that I don’t delay you further, I request your kindness to hear a few words from us.
Yet I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before y’all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after examination has taken place I may have something to write.
“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate today that it is before you that I am about to make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,
For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking openly with him. For I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, since this was not done in a corner.
Our twelve tribes earnestly serve night and day hoping to attain this promise. It is for this hope that I am being accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
After three days had passed, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith that can move mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he is to write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.