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Acts 26:3-5
Living Bible
Acts 26:3-5
Living Bible
3 for I know you are an expert on Jewish laws and customs. Now please listen patiently!
4 “As the Jews are well aware, I was given a thorough Jewish training from my earliest childhood in Tarsus[a] and later at Jerusalem, and I lived accordingly. 5 If they would admit it, they know that I have always been the strictest of Pharisees when it comes to obedience to Jewish laws and customs.
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- Acts 26:4 my earliest childhood in Tarsus, literally, “my own nation.”
Acts 26:3-5
New International Version
Acts 26:3-5
New International Version
3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(A) and controversies.(B) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(C) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have known me for a long time(D) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(E) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(F)
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