But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
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Gill's Exposition
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus,.... And not that Egyptian; he was not of that country, much less that man; but a Jew, both by birth and religion; he was born of Jewish parents, and…
Barnes' Notes
A Jew of Tarsus - A Jew by birth. Of no mean city - Not obscure, or undistinguished. He could claim an honorable birth, so far as the place of his nativity was concerned. See the notes on Act 9:11.…
Adam Clarke
I am a man which am a Jew - A periphrasis for, I am a Jew. See the note on Act 7:2.
Of Tarsus - no mean city - In the notes on Act 9:11, I have shown that Tarsus was a city of considerable importance,…
We have here Paul brought into a captivity which we are not likely to see the end of; for after this he is either hurried from one bar to another, or lies neglected, first in one prison and then in…
Cambridge Bible
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus The A. V. does not often follow the Greek so closely as this. And here it is better to read with the Rev. Ver., "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia"…
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