Acts 22:3

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Acts 26:5

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 9:11

And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying,

Acts 5:34

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

Acts 21:39

Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

Acts 21:20

And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all zealous for the law,

2 Corinthians 11:22

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

Luke 10:39

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching.

2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you,

Romans 11:1

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Acts 23:6

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Acts 6:9

Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen.

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

Galatians 1:21

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Galatians 1:14

And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.

Acts 23:34

On reading the letter, he asked what province he was from. And when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

Acts 15:41

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

Acts 15:23

with the following letter: “The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings.

Acts 11:25

So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

Acts 9:30

And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Luke 8:35

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Acts 9:1

But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Acts 26:9

“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.