^5 (A)circumcised on the eighth day, ^(B)of the people of Israel, ^(C)of the tribe of Benjamin, ^(D)a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, ^(E)a Pharisee;

²² Are they Hebrews? ^(A)So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I.

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, ^(A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For ^(B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

⁶ Now when Paul perceived that one part were ^(A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, ^(B)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is ^(C)with respect to the ^(D)hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

^4 (A)“My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among ^(B)my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. ⁵ They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that ^(C)according to the strictest ^(D)party of our ^(E)religion I have lived as ^(F)a Pharisee.

^3 (A)“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^(B)at the feet of ^(C)Gamaliel^{[a] (D)}according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, ^(E)being zealous for God ^(F)as all of you are this day.

²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(A)one work, and you all marvel at it. ^22 (B)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^(C)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³ If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^(D)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? ^24 (E)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

⁵⁹ And ^(A)on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father,

¹² He who is ^(A)eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or ^(B)bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,