![]() ![]() Rather, he sought the arrest, trial, conviction, and punishment (with imprisonment the norm and death the ideal, it would seem) of those in Jerusalem. ![]() Saul did not agree with his teacher, Gamaliel, on how the Christians should be dealt with, however. A devout Hellenistic Jew, of the tribe of Benjamin, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, Saul was a member of the Pharisees and was taught by none other than Gamaliel, whom we have already met (Acts 5:34-40). 129 By this time Saul has gained a reputation as the ringleader of the movement to make Christianity extinct. ![]() Imagine for a moment that this is the week of Saul’s arrival at Damascus.
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