Acts 9:11; Acts 21:39; Romans 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:22; Philippians 3:5
11 And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man pof Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying,
39 Paul replied, t“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”
The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask, then, hhas God rejected his people? By no means! For iI myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,1 a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
22 Are they Hebrews? aSo am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.
5 tcircumcised on the eighth day, uof the people of Israel, vof the tribe of Benjamin, ua Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, wa Pharisee;