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.
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews. His father was zealous for the law, and himself, as Josephus states (Ant. 20: 1. 3), held the office of president of the temple and its treasures, and had the appointment of the high priest, which he received from Claudius.
Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. The idea of 'indulgently' is also conveyed by the word х makrothumoos (G3116)].