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since they have knownπρογινώσκοντέςmeμεfrom the first,ἄνωθενifἐὰνthey are willingθέλωσιto testify,μαρτυρεῖνthatὅτιaccording toκατὰthe strictestτὴν ἀκριβεστάτηνpartyαἵρεσινof ourτῆς ἡμετέραςreligionθρησκείαςI livedἔζησαasa Pharisee.Φαρισαῖος
Acts 26:5
Study it in the app“since they have known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 26:5, word by word
- since they have knownπρογινώσκοντέςproginōskontes
know long
Have been acquainted with someone long.
Where else “proginōskontes” appears- from the firstἄνωθενanōthen
from the start
From the beginning.
Where else “anōthen” appears- they are willingθέλωσιthelōsi
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelōsi” appears- to testifyμαρτυρεῖνmartyrein
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyrein” appears- the strictestἀκριβεστάτηνakribestatēn
more accurately
More accurately, more exactly, with greater care.
Where else “akribestatēn” appears- partyαἵρεσινhairesin
party
A group with its own views, like the Pharisees or Sadducees.
Where else “hairesin” appears- of ourἡμετέραςhēmeteras
our
Our.
Where else “hēmeteras” appears- religionθρησκείαςthrēskeias
religion, worship
Religion, worship: the outward way of serving God.
Where else “thrēskeias” appears- I livedἔζησαezēsa
live a life
To live life in a certain way.
Where else “ezēsa” appears- a PhariseeΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaios” appears
The context
4So then, my way of life from my youth, which from the beginning was spent among my nation and in Jerusalem, all Jews know,
5 · This verse (above)
6And now I stand here being judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
To study Acts 26 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?