Question: Under whom did Paul study Jewish law?
Answer: Gamaliel. (Acts 22:3)
Comments: When presenting his personal defense in Jerusalem, Paul cites his credentials, including studying under famed Jewish rabbi Gamaliel. Gamaliel was a Pharisee and the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder.
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today." (Acts 22:3, NASB)
In Gamaliel's only other appearance in the New Testament (Acts 5:33-40), he diffuses Christian opposition by asking that his Jewish constituents exercise patience.
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