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 replied, "I'm a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. Please let me speak to the people."

So I ask, "God has not rejected his people, has he?" Of course not! I am an Israeli myself, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they among Abraham's descendants? So am I.

Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.

In tarsus

The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.

Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to look for Saul.

A city

But some men who belonged to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), as well as some Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to debate with Stephen.

They wrote this letter for them to deliver: "From: The apostles and the elders, your brothers To: Their gentile brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

After reading the letter, the governor asked which province Paul was from. On learning that he was from Cilicia,

Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

At

Indeed, lover of people, all of his holy ones are in your control. They gather at your feet to do as you have instructed.

Elisha returned to Gilgal during a time of famine in the land. While the Guild of Prophets were having a meal with him, he instructed his attendant, "Put a large pot on the fire and boil some stew for the Guild of Prophets."

Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

Gamaliel

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

Taught

When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I'm on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected."

They have known for a long time, if they would but testify to it, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the standards of our strictest religious party.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries, because I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.

Was

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.

So the king called together the Gibeonites and conferred with them. Now the Gibeonites weren't part of the nation of Israel, but were the survivors from the Amorites. Although the Israelis had promised to spare them, Saul had started to execute them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

For I can testify on their behalf that they have a zeal for God, but it is not in keeping with full knowledge.

These people who have been instructing you are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.

As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.

General references

"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard,

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.