“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”
'They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. - Paul invokes the testimony of 'those who have known me a long time' (prosthen, prosthen-'from before'); they 'can testify' (dynamai martyreō, dynamai martyreō-'are able to witness'). His affiliation with 'the strictest sect' (akribēstátē hairesis, akribēstátē hairesis-'most exact/rigorous party') and his practice as a Pharisee (Pharisaios, Pharisaios) are matters of public knowledge. He claims the highest form of Jewish observance as his starting point.
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