Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
a Jew of Tarsus, brought up in this city, at the feet--(See on Luke 10:39).
of Gamaliel--(See on Acts 5:34); a fact of great importance in the apostle's history, standing in the same relation to his future career as Moses' education in the Egyptian court to the work for which he was destined.
the perfect manner of the law of the fathers--the strictest form of traditional Judaism.
zealous--"a zealot."
toward God as ye all are this day--his own former murderous zeal against the disciples of the Lord Jesus being merely reflected in their present treatment of himself.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Kings 2:3
Ezekiel 33:31
Luke 10:39
Acts 26:4-5
Romans 10:2
Philippians 3:6
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