Saturday, August 16, 2014

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."
wikipedia
 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.