Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 6:14 : 14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
  • Acts 21:21 : 21 They have been informed about you– that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
  • Acts 24:4 : 4 But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.
  • Acts 24:10 : 10 Paul’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.
  • Acts 25:19-20 : 19 Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. 20 Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
  • Acts 25:26 : 26 But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.
  • Acts 26:7 : 7 a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!
  • Acts 26:26 : 26 For 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 28:17 : 17 Paul 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.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
  • Deut 17:18 : 18 When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests.