Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 26:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;”
Acts 26:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
Especially {because I know} thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
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, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
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