Acts 22:3

Modern English Version

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was trained in the strict tradition of the law of the fathers, being zealous toward God as you all are today.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:2

So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not from the Israelites. Instead they were a remnant of the Amorites. Although the Israelites had made a pact with them, Saul attempted to destroy them in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, “Put on the big cooking pot, and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Luke 10:39

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to His teaching.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Luke 8:35

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

Acts 11:25

Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

Acts 15:23

They wrote this letter by their hand: The apostles and the elders and the brothers, To the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.

Acts 15:41

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

Acts 21:20

When they heard this, they glorified the Lord. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law.

Acts 21:39

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

Acts 23:34

Upon reading the letter, the governor asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia,

Acts 23:6

Then Paul, knowing that one sect were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out among the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of a Pharisee. I am being judged for my hope in the resurrection of the dead.”

Acts 26:5

They knew me from the beginning and could testify, if they wished, how according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

Acts 26:9

“I myself was convinced that I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 5:34

But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law honored by all the people, stood and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.

Acts 6:9

Then some men rose up from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and of Asia), disputing with Stephen.

Acts 9:1

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

Acts 9:11

The Lord said to him, “Rise and go to Straight Street, and inquire at Judas’ house for someone named Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying,

Acts 9:30

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

Romans 11:1

I say then, has God rejected His people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

2 Corinthians 11:22

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

Galatians 1:14

and progressed in Judaism above many of my equals in my own heritage, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Galatians 1:21

Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia

Deuteronomy 33:3

Surely, He loved the people; all His holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; everyone receives Your words.