having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 26:5 in context
Acts 26:2–8
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“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you today concerning all the things the Jews accuse me of,
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especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
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“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem;
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having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
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which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
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Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead?
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