because[a] you are especially acquainted with both all the customs and controversial questions with respect to the Jews. Therefore I beg you[b] to listen to me with patience.

“Now all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth, that had taken place from the beginning among my own people[c] and in Jerusalem, having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:3 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
  2. Acts 26:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Acts 26:4 Or “nation”