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 2:46

Luke 8:35

Luke 10:39

Gamaliel

Acts 5:34

Taught

Was

General references

Acts 8:3

Bible References

Jew

And Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of a not undistinguished city, I beg of you, permit me to speak to the people.

I SAY then, has God cast away his people? By no means; for I also am an Israelite, of the race of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the posterity of Abraham? so am I.

circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, as to the law a Pharisee,

In tarsus

And the Lord said to him, Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for [a man] by the name of Saul of Tarsus; for behold, he prays,

And he went to Tarsus to seek for Saul,

A city

But some members of the synagogue called that of the Libertines and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and Asia, arose and disputed with Stephen,

writing by their hand, The apostles and elders and brothers, to the brothers in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, who are of the gentiles, greeting.

And having read, he asked of what province he was; and learning that he was of Cilicia,

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

At

And after three days they found him sitting in the temple in the midst of the teachers, both hearing and questioning them.

And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting, clothed and of a sound mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

And she had a sister called Mary, and she sat at the feet of the Lord and heard his word.

Gamaliel

But a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrim, by the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, in honor with all the people, standing up requested them to put the men out a little while;

Taught

And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under trial.

who knew me from the first, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

and was a proficient in Judaism beyond many of my age among my people, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, as to the law a Pharisee,

Was

and having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have believed, among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law;

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge;

They are zealous for you, but not well, but they wish to exclude you that you may be zealous for them.

as to zeal persecuting the church, as to righteousness by the law being blameless.

General references

But Saul persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, committed them to prison.