Acts 22:3 ““I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was…”

Acts 22:3

“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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

World English Bible

“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.

American Standard Version

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:

Geneva Bible 1599

I am verely a man, which am a Iew, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought vp in this citie at the feete of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the perfect maner of the Lawe of the Fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

Darby Translation

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as ye are all this day;

Young's Literal Translation

'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

Bible in Basic English

I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

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Cross references

“Jew”

Acts 21:39 2 Corinthians 11:22 Romans 11:1 Philippians 3:5

Acts 21:39 · BSB

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 to the people.”

2 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Romans 11:1 · BSB

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Philippians 3:5 · BSB

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

“in Tarsus”

Acts 9:11 Acts 9:30 Acts 11:25

Acts 9:11 · BSB

“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 he is praying.

Acts 9:30 · BSB

When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Acts 11:25 · BSB

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

“a city”

Acts 6:9 Acts 15:23 Acts 15:41 Acts 23:34 Galatians 1:21

Acts 6:9 · BSB

But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,

Acts 15:23 · BSB

and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

Acts 15:41 · BSB

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

Acts 23:34 · BSB

The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,

Galatians 1:21 · BSB

Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

“at”

Luke 10:39 Deuteronomy 33:3 2 Kings 4:38 Luke 2:46 Luke 8:35

Luke 10:39 · BSB

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

Deuteronomy 33:3 · BSB

Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—

2 Kings 4:38 · BSB

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Luke 2:46 · BSB

Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Luke 8:35 · BSB

So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

“Gamaliel”

Acts 5:34

Acts 5:34 · BSB

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

“taught”

Acts 26:5 Acts 23:6 Galatians 1:14

Acts 26:5 · BSB

They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

Acts 23:6 · BSB

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that…

Galatians 1:14 · BSB

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

“was”

Acts 21:20 2 Samuel 21:2 Romans 10:2 Romans 10:3 Galatians 4:17 Galatians 4:18

Acts 21:20 · BSB

When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

2 Samuel 21:2 · BSB

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Sa…

Romans 10:2 · BSB

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Romans 10:3 · BSB

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Galatians 4:17 · BSB

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 zealous for them.

Galatians 4:18 · BSB

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,

4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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