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Acts 26:5
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Acts 26:5
5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
5Which knew me from the beginning, (if they would testifie) that after the most straitest sect of our religion, I liued a Pharisee.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 26:5
Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To bear witness, declare solemnly, or give evidence of something known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Greatest in amount, number, or degree; in the highest degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Most narrow, confined, difficult, or distressing.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A group distinguished by a particular religious or philosophical opinion.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
The professed worship and service of God; James distinguishes vain religion from pure religion by the conduct stated in the passage.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To live: to remain alive, dwell, or conduct one's life.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
A member of a Jewish sect known for strict observance of its religious traditions.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
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Open the full verse study6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
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Open the full verse study3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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Open the full verse study5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
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Open the full verse study5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
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Open the full verse study14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
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Open the full verse study5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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