1 ^w“Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”

2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in ^xthe Hebrew language,¹ they became even more quiet. And he said:

3 ^y“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^zat the feet of ^aGamaliel^{2 b}according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, ^cbeing zealous for God ^das all of you are this day.