20 And when they heard it, they ^eglorified God. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many ^fthousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed. They are all ^gzealous for the law, 21 and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to ^hcircumcise their children or walk according to our customs.

3 ^y“I am a ^zJew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of ^aGamaliel¹ according to the ^bstrict manner of the law of our fathers, being ^czealous for God as all of you are this day.

6 as to ^czeal, a ^dpersecutor of the church; as to ^erighteousness under the law,¹ blameless.