'The Jewish people all know the way I have lived my whole life from my youth, spent in my own country and also in Jerusalem. - Paul establishes his credentials as a Jew: his entire life (zōē, zōē) has been lived publicly in the Jewish homeland. 'From my youth' (apo neotētos, apo neotētos) emphasizes continuity with Jewish life. The reference to Jerusalem (where his activity as a zealous persecutor would have been known) strengthens his claim: he did not come to Judaism as an outsider but was formed entirely within it.

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