Acts of the Apostles 26:3

In context

1Agrippa said to Paul, “You have leave to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense: 2“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to be making my defense before you today against everything the Jews accuse me of, 3above all because you are an expert in all the customs and disputes of the Jews. So I beg you to hear me patiently. 4My way of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews. 5They have known me for a long time and could testify, if they were willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, by the strictest party of our religion.