3 ^y“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^zat the feet of ^aGamaliel^{1 b}according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, ^cbeing zealous for God ^das all of you are this day.

5 They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that ^raccording to the strictest ^sparty of our ^treligion I have lived as ^ua Pharisee.