But some of those from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
Acts 26:5 - English Majority Text Version since they have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 those from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses."
"I am indeed a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been educated according to the exactness of the law of our forefathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
as also the high priest testifies of me, along with the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus in order to bring those who were there, having been bound, to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
But when Paul perceived that one part was of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, "Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"
having hope in God, which even they themselves are waiting for, that there is going to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
For we have found this man to be a plague, and one causing discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the Nazarenes sect,