Acts

Acts 26:5

⁵They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have known	προγινώσκοντές	proginōskontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G4267 I know beforehand
me	με	me	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular	G1473 I
for a long time	ἄνωθεν	anōthen	Adverb	G509 from above, from the beginning, again
can testify	μαρτυρεῖν	martyrein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G3140 I witness, testify
if	ἐὰν	ean	Conjunction	G1437 if
they are willing	θέλωσι	thelōsi	Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural	G2309 I will, wish, desire
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
I lived as	ἔζησα	ezēsa	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G2198 I live
a Pharisee	Φαρισαῖος	Pharisaios	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5330 a Pharisee
adhering to	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
strictest	ἀκριβεστάτην	akribestatēn	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular - Superlative	G196 most exact, strict
sect	αἵρεσιν	hairesin	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G139 a self-chosen opinion, a sect
of our	ἡμετέρας	hēmeteras	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 1st Person Plural	G2251 our, our own
religion	θρησκείας	thrēskeias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G2356 ritual worship, religion

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