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Act 26:9. Ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ, I thought with myself, I seemed to myself bound) even above others.-δεῖν, that I ought) So great is the power of the conscience even when in error.-πολλὰ ἐναντία, many things contrary) not as others, who neither treat with respect, nor yet injure (Christians). These contrary things the language of Paul enumerates with a remarkable increase of force.-πρᾶξαι) ἐποίησα, presently. The words differ, as we observe elsewhere.[143]
[143] πράσσειν, agere; ποιεῖν, facere. Πρᾶσσειν expresses the general state of the conduct and practice: Ποιεῖν, the particular acts.-E. and T.