Acts 22:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as dedicated to God as are all of you who are here today.

Cross References

Acts 26:5

They have always known, if they are willing to testify, that from the very first I have lived as a member of the strictest party of our religion, the Pharisees.

Acts 9:11

The Lord said to him, “Get ready and go to Straight Street, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying,

Acts 5:34

But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,

Acts 21:39

Paul answered, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people.”

Acts 21:20

After hearing him, they all praised God. Then they said, “Brother Paul, you can see how many thousands of Jews have become believers, and how devoted they all are to the Law.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to his teaching.

2 Kings 4:38

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.

Deuteronomy 33:3

The Lord loves his people and protects those who belong to him. So we bow at his feet and obey his commands.

Romans 11:1

I ask, then: Did God reject his own people? Certainly not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

Acts 23:6

When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, “Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!”

Acts 6:9

But he was opposed by some men who were members of the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), which had Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria. They and other Jews from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started arguing with Stephen.

2 Samuel 21:2

The people of Gibeon were not Israelites; they were a small group of Amorites whom the Israelites had promised to protect, but Saul had tried to destroy them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

Galatians 1:21

Afterward I went to places in Syria and Cilicia.

Galatians 1:14

I was ahead of most other Jews of my age in my practice of the Jewish religion, and was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors.

Acts 23:34

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

Acts 15:41

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 15:23

and they sent the following letter by them: “We, the apostles and the elders, your brothers, send greetings to all our brothers of Gentile birth who live in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

Acts 11:25

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Acts 9:30

When the believers found out about this, they took Saul to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.

Luke 8:35

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

Luke 2:46

On the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting with the Jewish teachers, listening to them and asking questions.

Acts 9:1

In the meantime Saul kept up his violent threats of murder against the followers of the Lord. He went to the High Priest

Acts 26:9

“I myself thought that I should do everything I could against the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.