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Gamaliel

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Gamaliel G1059
Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliel)
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Act 5:34
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But then a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a Torah teacher (Gk. nomo-didaskalos, "law teacher," see Luke 5:17) who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin. [Gamaliel was the son or grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. Gamaliel was active in Jerusalem from 22 to 55 CE, and he was the rabbi who had taught Paul, see Acts 22:3.] Gamaliel ordered that the apostles be taken outside for a while. [He was very influential and was sure that he could quickly convince the council not to hastily kill the apostles.]
Act 22:3
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"I am a jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia [around 5-10 AD], but raised in this city. I was thoroughly (down to the smallest detail) taught the law of our fathers at the feet of Gamaliel, and I was as eager to serve God as all of you are today.
[As a five-year-old, Paul, like all other Jewish boys and girls in Tarsus, was taught the five books of Moses in the city synagogue. At the age of ten, he began studying the Mishnah, the Jewish interpretations of the law. He must have been very outstanding, because he was offered further study, which was unusual. At the age of thirteen, his parents sent him to Jerusalem for his formal education under Rabbi Gamaliel, where he remained until the age of eighteen. Paul lived with a relative in Jerusalem, probably his older married sister, see Acts 23:16. It is possible that the entire family moved to Jerusalem. Gamaliel is also mentioned in Acts 5:34. He was the son or grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel and was active from 22 to 55 CE. It is highly probable that Paul was in Jerusalem when Jesus was crucified. According to tradition, Paul was beheaded in Rom by Nero in 67 AD.]