Acts 26:4-6

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⁴“So then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation [the Jewish people], and in Jerusalem. ⁵They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify to it, that according to the ^[a]strictest sect of our religion, I have lived as a Pharisee. ⁶And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.^(A)

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Footnotes

Acts 26:5 Paul probably is referring to the school of Shammai, which flourished from 30 b.c. to a.d. 20. Gamaliel, Paul’s teacher in the school of Hillel (22:3), discussed and interpreted the teachings of both schools, and often agreed with the teachings of Shammai, so Paul was familiar with Shammai as well as Hillel.