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Acts 26:5-7

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

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5. Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 6. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: 7. Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

Acts 26:5-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 26:5

Theological / Devotional

From the beginning. Or, “from the first,” an expression Luke uses similarly concerning his knowledge of the gospel story (Luke 1:3).

If they would testify. But they were unwilling to speak in Paul’s favor the things they personally knew to be true.

Most straitest. Literally, “most strict.” The Greek does not have the double superlative. Compare Phil. 3:4-6.

Sect. The word may mean either “heresy” or “sect” (see on Acts 5:17 ; 15:5; 24:14). Here it designates the Pharisees as a sect.

A Pharisee. See Vol. V, pp. 51, 52.

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