What was the significance of Paul s conversion - JSS3 Christian Religious Studies Signpost of Paul's conversion Question

1. Paul was a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel, a great rabbi and scholar of the Jewish religious laws.

2. He received strict instructions in the laws of the Jews and was dedicated to God.

3. His father was a Jew and of the Pharisee sect, who had become a Roman citizen by acquisition.

4. Paul was of the natural unmixed blood of the tribe of Benjamin whose parentage and upbringing made him call himself a Hebrew of Hebrews.

5. Paul had a large and influential family connection, and had everything going for him.