Acts 22:3

Paul Defends Himself

² When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the greater silence. And he said: ³ I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, yet educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict discipline of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as you all are this day. ⁴ And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

According to the Law

At the Feet of Gamaliel

Perfect Man

Observing The Law

Same Day

Under Gamaliel

Zealous For God

O God

Cilicia

Gamaliel

Jerusalem

Jew

Rabbi

Tarsus

Acts 9:11

And the Lord said to him: Arise, and go into the street that is called Straight, and in quire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying;

Acts 5:34

Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for a little while,

Acts 21:20

And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him: You see, brother, how many myriads of the Jews there are that believe, and they are all zealous for the law.

Acts 21:39

But Paul replied: I am a Jew of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no unknown city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people.

Acts 26:5

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

Luke 10:39

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

Philippians 3:5-6

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

Acts 6:9

Then there arose some who be longed to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, and some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia, and they disputed with Stephen.

Acts 23:6

But when Paul perceived that one part belonged to the Sadducees, and the other to the Pharisees, he cried out, in the Sanhedrin: Brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I judged.

Romans 11:1

I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 Corinthians 11:22

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

Luke 2:46

And it came to pass, after three days, that they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

Luke 8:35

And they came out to see what had been done; and they came to Jesus, and saw the man out of whom the demons had gone, clothed, and in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

Acts 9:30

And when the brethren learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him out to Tarsus.

Acts 11:25

And Barnabas went to Tarsus, to seek for Saul;

Acts 15:23

and they wrote by their hands as follows: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

Acts 15:41

And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 23:34

And when he had read the letter, he inquired to what province he belonged. And learning that he was from Cilicia, he said: I will hear you when your accusers also have come. And he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

Romans 10:2-3

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

Galatians 1:14

and I surpassed in Judaism many of my own age and nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the tradition of my fathers.

Galatians 1:21

Then, I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia:

Galatians 4:17-18

They are ardently attached to you, but not honorably; in deed, they desire to exclude us, that you may be ardently attached to them.