Acts 26:5-8 inasmuch as they were aforetime observing me, from the outset,––if they please to bear witness,––that, according to the strictest sect of our own religion, I lived, a Pharisee.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ inasmuch as they were aforetime observing me, from the outset,––if they please to bear witness,––that, according to the strictest sect of our own religion, I lived, a Pharisee. ⁶ And, now, for the hope of the promise, unto our fathers, being brought to pass by God, am I standing to be judged,–– ⁷ unto which [hope], our twelve–tribed nation, with intensity, night and day, rendering divine service, is hoping to attain––concerning which hope, I am being accused by Jews, O King! ⁸ What! incredible, is it judged with you, that, God the dead doth raise?