Hechos 26:4

4 Pues bien, todos los judíos conocen mi vida desde mi juventud, que desde el principio transcurrió entre los de mi pueblo y en Jerusalén;

Hechos 26:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:4

My manner of life, from my youth
That is, his conduct and deportment, his behaviour among men, from the time that he was capable of performing religious exercises, and of knowing the difference between one sect and another, and of being observed and taken notice of by men:

which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem;
for though he was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, he was very early brought, or sent by his parents to Jerusalem, where he had his education under Gamaliel; so that the first part of his life was spent in Jerusalem, the metropolis of Judea, and among the Jews there; the more learned and knowing part of them, Gamaliel's pupils, and the wise men and their disciples: and his course of life must be well known to them, as he says,

this know all the Jews;
that had any knowledge of him, and conversation with him.

Hechos 26:4 In-Context

2 Con respecto a todo aquello de que los judíos me acusan, me considero afortunado, oh rey Agripa, de poder presentar hoy mi defensa delante de ti,

3 sobre todo, porque eres experto en todas las costumbres y controversias entre los judíos; por lo cual te ruego que me escuches con paciencia.

4 Pues bien, todos los judíos conocen mi vida desde mi juventud, que desde el principio transcurrió entre los de mi pueblo y en Jerusalén;

5 puesto que ellos han sabido de mí desde hace mucho tiempo, si están dispuestos a testificar, que viví como fariseo, de acuerdo con la secta más estricta de nuestra religión.

6 Y ahora soy sometido a juicio por la esperanza de la promesa hecha por Dios a nuestros padres: