³ He^(A) continued, ‘I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel^(B) according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.^(C)

¹² since there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,^(A) because the same Lord^(B) of all^(C) richly blesses all who call on him.

¹⁴ I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.^(A)