Which [a]knew me heretofore, even from my [b]Elders (if they would testify) that after the [c]most straight sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

[d]And now I stand and am accused for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers.

Whereunto our twelve tribes instantly serving God day and night, hope to come: for the which hope’s sake, O King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:5 What I was, and where, and how I lived.
  2. Acts 26:5 That my parents were Pharisees.
  3. Acts 26:5 The sect of the Pharisees was the most exquisite amongst all the sects of the Jews, for it was better than all the rest.
  4. Acts 26:6 There are three chief and principal witnesses of true doctrine, God, the true Fathers, and the consent of the Church.

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