“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the str
“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ord
When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have bel
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words
When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioc
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I
But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the
The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting
Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be z
Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking
When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.