Acts 26:5

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They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

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  • Acts 23:6 : 6 Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
  • Acts 22:3 : 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.
  • Acts 22:5 : 5 as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
  • Phil 3:5-6 : 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee. 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

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  • Acts 26:2-4
    3 verses
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    2“Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

    3because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

    4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

  • Gal 1:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

    14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

  • Acts 22:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

    19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

    20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

  • Phil 3:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

    5I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

    6In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

  • Acts 22:1-6
    6 verses
    74%

    1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

    2(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

    3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

    4I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

    5as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

  • Acts 26:9-13
    5 verses
    74%

    9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

    10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

    11I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

    12“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

    13about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

  • Acts 24:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.

    14But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

  • Acts 23:6
    73%

    6Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

  • Acts 26:6
    72%

    6And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

  • Acts 24:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

    21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”

  • Acts 25:15
    70%

    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

  • Acts 26:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

    22I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

  • Acts 23:1
    70%

    1Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

  • 2 Tim 3:10
    69%

    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

  • Acts 26:26
    69%

    26For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

  • Acts 25:10
    69%

    10Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

  • Gal 1:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

    23They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

  • Acts 26:15
    68%

    15So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

  • Acts 24:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10Paul’s Defense Before Felix When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied,“Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.

    11As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

  • Acts 28:17
    67%

    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • Acts 28:22
    67%

    22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

  • Rom 9:1
    67%

    1Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

  • Acts 22:8
    67%

    8I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    67%

    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • Rom 10:2
    67%

    2For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

  • Acts 28:19
    67%

    19But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

  • 1 Cor 9:3
    67%

    3This is my defense to those who examine me.

  • 2 Cor 11:22
    66%

    22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.