Acts 22:1-3

1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

2When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.

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