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having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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Commentators explain that Paul isn't boasting but making a strategic defense. By highlighting his impeccable record as a Pharisee—the most respected religious sect—he establishes his credibility. He implies his accusers are acting in bad faith, as they know his history but refuse to testify truthfully.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Which knew me. This refers to those who were well acquainted with me.
From the beginning. Anwyen. This means form…
Having knowledge of me from the first (προγινωσκοντες με ανωθεν). Literally, "knowing me beforehand" (both προ and ανωθεν), from t…
19th Century
Anglican
After the most straitest sect.—Better, most rigid, or most precise. The Greek does not contain anything answering to the…
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Baptist
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning…
It was not in spite of his Jewish heritage but because of it, Paul insisted, that he believed and proclaimed what he did. So he began the body of h…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which knew me from the beginning From his youth, from his first coming to Jerusalem:
if they woul…
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