Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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Gill's Exposition
Which knew me from the beginning,.... From his youth, from his first coming to Jerusalem:
if they would testify; what they know, and speak out the truth of things, they must say,
that after the…
Barnes' Notes
Which knew me - Who were well acquainted with me. From the beginning - ἄνωθεν anōthen. Formerly; or from the very commencement of my career. Who were perfectly apprised of my whole course. If they…
Adam Clarke
After the most straitest sect - That is, the Pharisees; who were reputed the strictest in their doctrines, and in their moral practices, of all the sects then among the Jews. The sects were the…
Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here…
Cambridge Bible
which knew me from the beginnings if they would testify Better (with Rev. Ver.) "having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify." The word for "from the first" is the same which…
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