Verse 4
Acts 26:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4
And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:
Original Language Text
greek
Τὴν μὲν οὖν βίωσίν μου ⸀τὴν ἐκ νεότητος τὴν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς γενομένην ἐν τῷ ἔθνει μου ἔν ⸀τε Ἱεροσολύμοις ἴσασι ⸀πάντες Ἰουδαῖοι,
English Translation
Therefore, all the Jews know my manner of life which from my youth was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem.
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Chapter 26 Context
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Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his h...
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I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am to answer for myself this day before thee, touching...
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Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I bese...
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And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all...
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Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sec...
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And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God (Elohim) to the fathers, do I stand subject...
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Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am acc...
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God (Elohim) should raise the dead?
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And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Yashua (Jesu...
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Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received autho...
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And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more...
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12
Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,
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At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining rou...
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And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue:...
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And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Yashua (Jesus) whom thou persecutest.
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But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee...
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Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee:
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To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan t...
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Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision:
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But to them first that are at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to...
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For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.
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But being aided by the help of God (Elohim), I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and gre...
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That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and shoul...
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As he spoke these things, and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside...
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And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness.
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For the king knoweth of these things, to whom also I speak with confidence. For I am persuaded that...
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Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest.
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And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
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And Paul said: I would to God (Elohim), that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also a...
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And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them.
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And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worth...
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And Agrippa said to Festus: This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesa...
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