Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
Because
To hear
General references
Bible References
Because
Acts 26:26
Indeed, the king knows about these things, and I can speak to him freely. For I'm certain that none of these things has escaped his notice, since this wasn't done in a corner.
Acts 6:14
For we have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us."
Acts 21:21
But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
Acts 24:10
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he replied:
Acts 25:19
Instead, they had several arguments with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died but Paul kept asserting he was alive.
Acts 28:17
Three days later, Paul called the leaders of the Jews together. When they assembled, he told them, "Brothers, although I haven't done anything against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
Deuteronomy 17:18
When he occupies his royal throne, he must make a copy of this Law for himself from a scroll used by the Levitical priests.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all secrets and every form of knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains but have no love, I am nothing.
To hear
Acts 24:4
But so as not to detain you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.
General references
Acts 16:21
and are advocating customs that we're not allowed to accept or practice as Romans."