Acts 22:3
And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2And hearing that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept silent the more.
4who after this way persecuted unto death, binding and committing to prison both men and women;
Cross References
Luke 2:46And it came to pass, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and asking them questions.
Luke 10:39And there was a sister to her called Mary, who indeed sitting down at the feet of the Lord, continued to hear his word:
Acts 6:9And certain ones of the synagogues, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up disputing with Stephen,
Acts 9:30And the brethren, taking cognizance, led him to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.
Acts 15:23having written through their hand; The apostles and elders, brethren to the brethren who are from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia greeting.
Matthew Henry on Acts 22:2-3
Paul's First Defence. 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) Paul had, in the last verse of the foregoing chapter , gained a great point, by commanding so profound a silence after so loud a clamour. Now here observe, I. With what an admirable composure and presence of mind he addresses himself to speak. Never was poor man set upon in a more tumultuous manner, nor with… Read the whole commentary →