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And having heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they granted more quietness.

I Am a Jew Trained By Gamaliel, And Was Zealously Persecuting The Church

And he says, I am a Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought-up in this city; having been trained at the feet of Gamaliel[a] in accordance with the strictness[b] of the Law of [c] my ancestor[d]; being a zealot for God just as you all are today— who persecuted this Way to the point of death, binding and handing-over both men and women to prisons,

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:3 This was a famous and respected rabbi, mentioned also in 5:34.
  2. Acts 22:3 Or, exactness, accurateness.
  3. Acts 22:3 That is, handed down from.
  4. Acts 22:3 Paul’s father was a Pharisee, 23:6.

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