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NASB					Acts 26:5 since they have known⁴²⁶⁷ about me for a long⁵⁰⁹ time⁵⁰⁹, if¹⁴³⁷ they are willing²³⁰⁹ to testify³¹⁴⁰, that I lived²¹⁹⁸ as a ^APharisee⁵³³⁰ ^Baccording²⁵⁹⁶ to the strictest^198a ^Csect¹³⁹ of our religion²³⁵⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 26:5 "They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify to it, that according to the ¹strictest sect of our religion, I have lived as a Pharisee.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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Paul probably is referring to the school of Shammai, which flourished from 30 B.C. to A.D. 20. Gamaliel, Paul's teacher in the school of Hillel (22:3), discussed and interpreted the teachings of both schools, and often agreed with the teachings of Shammai, so Paul was familiar with Shammai as well as Hillel.

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Acts 23:6 ¶ But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!"

Acts 22:3 ¶ "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

Acts 15:5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses."

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139

hairesis; from 138; choice, opinion:--factions(2), heresies(1), sect(6).

198a

akribês; prob. from 206 and an unc. root; exact, precise:--strictest(1).

509

anôthen; from 507; from above:--above(5), again(2), all over(1), beginning(1), long time(1), top(2).

1437

ean; contr. from 1487 and 302; if (a conditional particle used like 1487, but usually with the Gr. subjunctive mood):--case(1), everyone(1), except*(1), if(222), if*(2), or*(1), though(2), unless*(34), whatever*(22), when(2), whenever*(2), wherever*(8), whether*(1), whoever*(17), whomever*(2).

2198

zaô; from prim. roots zê- and zô-; to live:--alive(15), get their living(1), holding(1), life(6), life*(1), live(53), lived(3), lives(19), living(44).

2309

thelô; a prim. vb.; to will, wish:--am...willing(1), am willing(3), delighting(1), delights(1), desire(14), desired(4), desires(4), desiring(2), intended(1), intending(1), like(3), maintain(1), mean(1), mean*(2), please(1), purposed(1), refused*(1), unwilling*(11), want(52), wanted(15), wanting(3), wants(8), will(5), willed(1), willing(15), wills(4), wish(24), wished(7), wishes(16), wishing(4), would(1).

2356

thrêskeia; from a der. of 2357; religion:--religion(3), worship(1).

2596

kata; prep. of unc. or.; down, against, according to:--about(5), accord(1), accordance(12), according(140), accordingly(1), after(8), after another(1), against(52), along(1), along the coast(2), among(3), another(2), around(1), basis(1), because(2), before(1), beyond*(1), case*(2), certain(1), circumstances*(2), conforming(1), contrary(1), daily*(10), down(4), each(2), effect(1), every(10), every*(1), exactly*(1), excessively*(1), godly*(1), how*(1), inasmuch*(2), individually*(1), just(2), like(4), more(1), motives(1), natural*(1), off(2), one*(2), outwardly*(1), over(3), private*(1), privately*(7), reference(1), rightly*(1), standpoint(2), terms(2), through(1), throughout(6), together*(1), various(4), way(4), within(2).

3140

martureô; from 3144; to bear witness, testify:--add...testimony(1), attested(1), bear...witness(1), bear witness(1), continued to testify(1), gained approval(2), given(1), gives(1), good reputation(1), having a reputation(1), obtained the testimony(1), obtained the witness(1), received a good testimony(1), speaking well(1), testified(17), testifies(7), testify(25), testifying(5), testimony(5), well spoken(3), witness(1), witnessed(2), witnesses(1).

4267

proginôskô; from 4253 and 1097; to know beforehand:--foreknew(2), foreknown(1), knowing...beforehand(1), known(1).

5330

Pharisaios; of Heb. or., cf. [6567a]; a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect:--Pharisaic(1), Pharisee(10), Pharisee's(2), Pharisees(86).

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