“Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.”
'Brethren and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you' — Paul's opening echoes the formal rhetoric of the Sanhedrin; he positions himself as a legitimate voice within Jewish tradition. The appeal to 'brethren and fathers' invokes familial and patriarchal bonds, situating his address within covenantal community.
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