“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”
King James Version (KJV)
26:5 If they would testify - But they would not, for they well knew what weight his former life must add to his present testimony.
Ac 26:5 I lived a Pharisee. The Jews all knew that he had been educated and had lived a Pharisee, the strictest of Jewish sects.
Which knew me from the beginning, (if they would testifie) that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I liued a Pharisee.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived {as} a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.
- Basic English Bible
who knew me before from the outset [of my life], if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Darby Bible
Who knew me from the beginning, (if they would testify) that after the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.
- Webster's Bible
For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee.
- Weymouth Bible
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- World English Bible
if thei wolen bere witnessing, that bi the moost certeyn sect of oure religioun, Y lyuede a Farisee.
- Wycliffe Bible
knowing me before from the first, (if they may be willing to testify,) that after the most exact sect of our worship, I lived a Pharisee;
- Youngs Literal Bible