I am a Jew (Εγω ειμ ανηρ Ιουδαιος). Note use of Εγω for emphasis. Paul recounts his Jewish advantages or privileges with manifest …

Born in Tarsus. See Barnes' Notes on Acts 21:39.

Brought up in this city. In Jerusalem, sent there for the advantage of mo…

Brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel.—His education may have begun shortly after he became a child of the Law, at the a…

Paul's companions could not help sensing that extraordinary light, and though they did not understand what it was, they were alarmed by it. They al…

The triad of birth, upbringing, and training was a conventional way in antiquity of describing a man’s youth. What Paul is here saying is, “I am a …

I am a Jew. As all things were out of order at that time among the Jews, many rogues and vagabonds, so that they might have some cover for…

I am verily a man who is a Jew
By birth, a thorough genuine one; an Hebrew of the Hebrews, both by father and mother…

The apostle addressed the enraged multitude in the customary style of respect and goodwill. Paul relates the history of his early life very particu…