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especially you being[a] an expert of all of both the customs and issues in relation to the Jews. Therefore I beg that you listen-to me patiently. Indeed then, all the Jews know my manner-of-life from youth— it having taken place from the first in my nation and in Jerusalem, they knowing me beforehand[b] from-the-beginning if they are willing to testify— that I lived as a Pharisee in accordance with the strictest sect of our religion.

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  1. Acts 26:3 Or, you being especially.
  2. Acts 26:5 That is, before this incident.

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.

“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. 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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