And when eight days were completed for him to be circumcised, his name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.

Of the stock

I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, hut brought up in this city, taught at the feet of Gamaliel in the strictness of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abrams offspring? So am I.

Of the tribe

I say then, Hath God cast off his people? Far be it I For I myself am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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But in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abrams offspring? So am I.

Pharisee

But Paul, perceiving one part to be Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried aloud in the council, Brethren! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am now tried.

My manner of life, then, from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all Jews know:

General references

And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they were about to call him Zachariah, after the name of his father.

But new wine must be put into new skins.

But whatever things were gain to me, those for the sake of Christ I have counted but loss.