Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Philippians 3:5
Circumcised the eighth day. As enjoined by the law (Luke 1:59).
Of the stock of Israel. Descended from Israel (Jacob), who had the
birthright of Isaac and Abraham (Genesis 27:27-29).
[Of] the tribe of Benjamin. A tribe descended from the beloved
Rachel (Genesis 35:24); a tribe that remained faithful when the Ten
Tribes of Israel seceded (1 Kings 12:20), the tribe on whose soil
Jerusalem and the temple stood (Joshua 18:28 1Ch 9:3).
An Hebrew of the Hebrews. Hebrew by race, by religion, by
education, and by custom. See 2 Corinthians 11:22.
A Pharisee. A member of the strictest sect in Israel, "after the
straitest manner of the sect".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Acts 9:1
Acts 26:7
2 Corinthians 11:22
Philippians 3:5
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