Acts 22:3

Paul Defends Himself

² And [when they] heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, {they became even more silent}. And he said, ³ "I am a Jewish man born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law received from our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all [of] you are today. ⁴ {I} persecuted this Way to the death, tying up and delivering to 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, "Get up, go to the street called 'Straight' and in the house of Judas look for {a man named Saul from Tarsus}. For behold, he is praying,

Acts 5:34

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

Acts 21:20

And [when] they heard [this], they began to glorify God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous adherents of the law.

Acts 21:39

But Paul said, "I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people."

Acts 26:5

having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived [as] a Pharisee.

Luke 10:39

And {she had} a sister named Mary, who also sat at the feet of Jesus [and] was listening to his teaching.

Philippians 3:5-6

{circumcised on the eighth day}, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [born] from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,

Deuteronomy 33:3

Moreover, {he loves his people}, all the holy ones [were] in your hand, and they bowed down to your feet, {each one accepted directions from you}.

2 Kings 4:38

So Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now the famine [was] in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, put on the large pot and cook a stew for the sons of the prophets.

Acts 6:9

But some of those from the Synagogue of the Freedmen ({as it was called}), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up [and] disputed with Stephen.

Acts 23:6

Now [when] Paul realized that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted out in the Sanhedrin, "Men [and] brothers! I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead!"

Romans 11:1

Therefore I say, God has not rejected his people, has he? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? I [am] also! Are they Israelites? I [am] also! Are they descendants of Abraham? I [am] also!

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites [were] not from the {Israelites}; they [were] from the remainder of the Amorites. Now the {Israelites} had sworn to them, but Saul tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the {Israelites} and Judah.

Luke 2:46

And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple [courts], sitting in the midst of the teachers and listening to them and asking them [questions].

Luke 8:35

So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.

Acts 9:30

And [when] the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Acts 11:25

So he departed for Tarsus to look for Saul.

Acts 15:23

writing [this letter] {to be delivered by them}: The apostles and the elders, brothers. To the brothers [who are] from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. Greetings!

Acts 15:41

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

Acts 23:34

So [after] reading [the letter] and asking what province he was from, and learning that [he was] from Cilicia,

Romans 10:2-3

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

Galatians 1:14

and was progressing in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in my nation, [because] I was a far more zealous adherent of the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

Galatians 1:21

Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

Galatians 4:17-18

They zealously seek you, not commendably, but they want to exclude you, in order that you may seek them [zealously].