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. 4 I ^dpersecuted this ^eWay to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

13 For you have heard of my former life in ^uJudaism, how I ^vpersecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And ^wI was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the ^xtraditions of my fathers.