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==Paul's Early Life, in ancient sources == | ==Paul's Early Life, in ancient sources == | ||
====Letters of Paul==== | ====Letters of Paul==== | ||
Galatians 1:13-14 (NRSV) -- ''[13] You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.'' | Galatians 1:13-14 (NRSV) -- ''[13] You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.'' | ||
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Philippians 3:4-6 (NRSV) -- '' [4] ...If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: [5] circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. '' | Philippians 3:4-6 (NRSV) -- '' [4] ...If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: [5] circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. '' | ||
====Acts of Apostles==== | ==== [[Acts of Apostles]] ==== | ||
Acts 9:11 -- " ... a man of Tarsus named Saul ... " | |||
Acts 21:39 -- '' Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city" ... '' | |||
Acts 22:3 -- '' "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day" ... '' | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Paul's Early Life refers to an episode in the life of Paul of Tarsus and the early Church, as narrated in Acts of Apostles and the Letters of Paul
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Overview
The Pauline Letters and the Acts of Apostle offer some information about Paul's life before he joined the Jesus movement.
Paul was a Jew living in the Diaspora, in the Hellenistic town of Tarsus.
In Philippians (3:4-6), Paul refers to himself as being "circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless."
A native of Tarsus, the capital city in the Roman province of Cilicia, he inherited Roman citizenship from his father.
As usual among Jews in the Diaspora, Paul was known by his Hebrew name "Saul" (שָׁאוּל) and his Greek name Paulos (Παῦλος; Lat. Paulus).
Paul's Early Life, in ancient sources
Letters of Paul
Galatians 1:13-14 (NRSV) -- [13] You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
Philippians 3:4-6 (NRSV) -- [4] ...If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: [5] circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; [6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Acts of Apostles
Acts 9:11 -- " ... a man of Tarsus named Saul ... "
Acts 21:39 -- Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city" ...
Acts 22:3 -- "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day" ...
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