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Acts 26:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”

Acts 26:5 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 26:516 words
προγινώσκοντέςproginōskontesforeknow (ordain), know (before)
μεmeI
ἄνωθενanōthenfrom above, again, from the beginning (ver…
ἐὰνeanbefore, but, except
θέλωσιthelōsidesire, be disposed (forward), intend
μαρτυρεῖνmartyreincharge, give (evidence), bear record
ὅτιhotithat / because
κατὰkataabout, according as (to), after
τὴνtēnthe
ἀκριβεστάτηνakribestatēn
αἵρεσινhairesinheresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect
τῆςtēsthe
ἡμετέραςhēmeterasour, your (by a different reading)
θρησκείαςthrēskeiasreligion, worshipping
ἔζησαezēsalife(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick
ΦαρισαῖοςPharisaiosPharisee
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

προγινώσκοντέςproginōskontesforeknow (ordain), know (before)
μεmeI
ἄνωθενanōthenfrom above, again, from the beginning (ver…
ἐὰνeanbefore, but, except
θέλωσιthelōsidesire, be disposed (forward), intend
μαρτυρεῖνmartyreincharge, give (evidence), bear record
ὅτιhotithat / because
κατὰkataabout, according as (to), after
τὴνtēnthe
ἀκριβεστάτηνakribestatēn
αἵρεσινhairesinheresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect
τῆςtēsthe
ἡμετέραςhēmeterasour, your (by a different reading)
θρησκείαςthrēskeiasreligion, worshipping
ἔζησαezēsalife(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick
ΦαρισαῖοςPharisaiosPharisee

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