Looking at St Paul in more detail
We have seen that Saul (soon to be called by his Roman name, Paul) comes from Tarsus, but what more can we learn? Look up the following site to find more about Tarsus in the time of St Paul, and also in the present day. https://www.bibleplaces.com/tarsus/
Saul studied as a young man under Gamaliel a most respected teacher. When Peter and some of the apostles are arrested for preaching in the Temple, it is Gamaliel who has something sensible to say. See : Acts, Chapter 5.27-40.
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