3. especially because thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions which are among the Jews; wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4. My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,
5. who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6. And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,