Acts 26:4
Acts 26:4-8 The Message (MSG)
“From the time of my youth, my life has been lived among my own people in Jerusalem. Practically every Jew in town who watched me grow up—and if they were willing to stick their necks out they’d tell you in person—knows that I lived as a strict Pharisee, the most demanding branch of our religion. It’s because I believed it and took it seriously, committed myself heart and soul to what God promised my ancestors—the identical hope, mind you, that the twelve tribes have lived for night and day all these centuries—it’s because I have held on to this tested and tried hope that I’m being called on the carpet by the Jews. They should be the ones standing trial here, not me! For the life of me, I can’t see why it’s a criminal offense to believe that God raises the dead.
Acts 26:4 King James Version (KJV)
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 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem
Acts 26:4 New Century Version (NCV)
“All my people know about my whole life, how I lived from the beginning in my own country and later in Jerusalem.
Acts 26:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews
Acts 26:4 New International Version (NIV)
“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.
Acts 26:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
“My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
Acts 26:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“So then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation [the Jewish people], and in Jerusalem.
Acts 26:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
“As the Jewish leaders are well aware, I was given a thorough Jewish training from my earliest childhood among my own people and in Jerusalem.