1. “Brothers and fathers, hear my defense which I now make to you.”
2. When they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. Then he said,
3. “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was trained in the strict tradition of the law of the fathers, being zealous toward God as you all are today.