Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Circumcised

Of the tribe

Pharisee

General references

Bible References

Circumcised

Luke 2:21
When He was eight days old and it was time to circumcise Him, He was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before Mary had conceived Him.
John 7:21
Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded!

Of the stock

Acts 22:3
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in this city, and carefully educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, as all of you are today.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Of the tribe

Romans 11:1
I say then, God has not disowned His people, has He? Of course not! Why, I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

An

Acts 6:1
In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaint was made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Pharisee

Acts 23:6
Because Paul knew that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, he began to cry out in the council chamber, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a Pharisee's son, and now I am on trial for the hope of the resurrection of the dead."
Acts 26:4
"The kind of life I have lived from my youth up, as spent in my early days among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is well known to all Jews,

General references

Luke 1:59
On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they tried to name him Zechariah, after his father.
Luke 5:38
But fresh wine must be put into new bottles.
Philippians 3:7
But for Christ's sake I have counted all that was gain to me as loss.