Acts 22:1-3

“Brethren and fathers (kinsmen), hear my defense which I now offer to you.” When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet. And he 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 the law of our fathers, being ardent and passionate for God just as all of you are today.