Acts 22:3
3IἘγώamεἰμιa manἀνὴρa JewἸουδαῖος,bornγεγεννημένοςinἐνTarsusΤαρσῷτῆςof CiliciaΚιλικίας,brought upἀνατεθραμμένοςnowδὲinἐνtheτῇcityπόλειthisταύτῃatπαρὰtheτοὺςfeetπόδαςof GamalielΓαμαλιήλ,having been instructedπεπαιδευμένοςaccording to [the]κατὰexactnessἀκρίβειανof theτοῦof our Fathersπατρῴουlawνόμου,a zealous oneζηλωτὴςbeingὑπάρχωντοῦfor Godθεοῦeven asκαθὼςallπάντεςyouὑμεῖςareἐστεthis dayσήμερον,
“I am a man, a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been educated according to the exactness of the law of our fathers, being a zealous one of God, even as all of you⁺ are this day,
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Rare words
Ταρσῷ
Ταρσός
Tarsus, the capital of the Roman province Cilicia.
ἀνατεθραμμένος
ἀνατρέφω
I rear, bring up, nourish, educate.
Γαμαλιήλ
Γαμαλιήλ
Gamaliel, a noted Pharisee, teacher of Saul.
ἀκρίβειαν
ἀκρίβεια
strictness, accuracy, exactness, attention to detail, scrupulousness.
πατρῴου
πατρῷος
hereditary, received from fathers.
ζηλωτὴς
ζηλωτής
a zealot