Albert Barnes on Acts 21:39
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Acts21:39
A Jew of Tarsus. A Jew by birth. Acts 9:11.
Of no mean city. Not obscure, or undistinguished. He could claim an honourable birth, so far as the place of his nativity was concerned. Acts 9:11. Tarsus was much celebrated fro its learning, and was at one time the rival of Alexandria and Athens. Xenophon calls it a great and flourishing city. Anabasis. Josephus (Antiq. b. i. chap vi & 6) says that it was the metropolis and most renowned city among them. [the Cilicians.]
(f) "Paul said" Acts 9:11, 22:3 (g) "a citizen" Acts 22:25
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