Acts 22:3

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“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

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  • Acts 9:11 : 11 Then the Lord told him,“Get up and go to the street called‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,
  • Acts 5:34 : 34 But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
  • Acts 21:20 : 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
  • Acts 21:39 : 39 Paul answered,“I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”
  • Phil 3:5-6 : 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee. 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he said.
  • Rom 11:1 : 1 Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council,“Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
  • Acts 6:9 : 9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 Elisha Makes a Meal Edible Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant,“Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets.”
  • Luke 2:46 : 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
  • 2 Sam 21:2 : 2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them.(Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)
  • Acts 9:30 : 30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
  • Acts 11:25 : 25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul,
  • Acts 15:23 : 23 They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings!
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
  • Rom 10:2-3 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. 3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  • Acts 23:34 : 34 When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,
  • Gal 1:14 : 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
  • Gal 1:21 : 21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
  • Gal 4:17-18 : 17 They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. 18 However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

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    3because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

    4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

    5They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

  • Gal 1:13-15
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    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

    14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

    15But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

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    4I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

    5as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

    7Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

    8I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

  • Phil 3:5-6
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    5I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.

    6In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

  • Acts 22:1-2
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    2(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

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    9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

    10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

    11I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

    12“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

    13about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

    14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’

    15So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

    16But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

  • Acts 21:39
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    39Paul answered,“I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”

  • Acts 22:19-20
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    19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

    20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

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    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

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    1The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

    2and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

  • Gal 1:21-23
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    21Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

    22But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

    23They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

  • 2 Cor 11:22
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    22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

  • Acts 22:10-13
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    10So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

    11Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.

    12A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

    13came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.

  • Acts 5:34
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    34But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

  • Acts 9:30
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    30When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

  • Acts 22:17
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    17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

  • Acts 9:11
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    11Then the Lord told him,“Get up and go to the street called‘Straight,’ and at Judas’ house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying,

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  • Acts 23:1
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    1Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

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    17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.

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    27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.