Acts 22:3

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Acts 22:3

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Summary

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Jew

In tarsus

Acts 9:11

Acts 11:25

A city

At

Luke 10:39

Gamaliel

Acts 5:34

Taught

Was

Philippians 3:6

General references

Leviticus 13:29

Acts 8:3

Bible References

Jew

Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? So am I.
Are they Israelites? So am I.
Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;

In tarsus

“Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.

Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,

A city

Then some from what is called the Freedmen’s Synagogue, composed of both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and disputed with Stephen.

They wrote this letter to be delivered by them:

From the apostles and the elders, your brothers,

To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia:

Greetings.

After he read it, he asked what province he was from. So when he learned he was from Cilicia,

Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

At

Indeed He loves the people.

All Your holy ones are in Your hand,
and they assemble at Your feet.
Each receives Your words.

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet.

He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

After three days, they found Him in the temple complex sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what He said.

Gamaliel

A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.

Taught

When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”

They had previously known me for quite some time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;

Was

When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

The Gibeonites were not Israelites but rather a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but Saul had tried to kill them in his zeal for the Israelites and Judah. So David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them.

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

General references

“When a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,

Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.