Footsteps of Paul: Place of Origin & Education

But Paul said,

I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus,

a city in Cilicia,

Acts 21:39

"The ancient name is Tarsos, derived from "Tarsa", the original name of the city in the Hittite language, which was possibly derived from a pagan god, Tarku, as Hittites were the first settlers."

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 For I also am an Israelite,

of the seed of Abraham,

of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:1

...yet brought up in this city (Jerusalem) at the feet of Gamaliel,

and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers,

Acts 22:3

"A Roman citizen by birth, Saul was nevertheless a Jew by descent and had been educated in Jerusalem by the most eminent of the rabbis."

Acts of the Apostles p.112 E.G.W.