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Acts 26:4

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

KJV

τὴν μὲν οὖν βίωσίν μου τὴν ἐκ νεότητος τὴν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς γενομένην ἐν τῷ ἔθνει μου ἔν τε Ἱεροσολύμοις ἴσασι πάντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι,

Greek NT

Et quidem vitam meam a juventute, quæ ab initio fuit in gente mea in Jerosolymis, noverunt omnes Judæi :

Vulgate

My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

ASV

And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews do know:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βίωσις
biosis
noun · 1×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
νεότης
neotes
noun · 4×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τὴν | NIV/RP: τὴν
  • τὴνSBLGNT
  • τὴνReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πάντες | WH/Treg: πάντες | NIV/RP: + οἱ
  • πάντεςSBLGNT
  • πάντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + οἱReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 3:10 — But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • Gal 1:13 — For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
  • Gal 1:13 — For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
  • Phil 3:5 — Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
  • Phil 3:5 — Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
  • Rom 11:1 — I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.