Before the witnesses (according to the law in DEU 17:7) were about to throw the first stones at Stephen, they laid their…
Before the witnesses (according to the law in DEU 17:7) were about to throw the first stones at Stephen, they laid their garments at a young man's feet called Saul. He watched their clothes and consented to the death of Stephen. (ACT 7:58 8:1 22:20) Saul was a man, an Hebrew of the Hebrews, of the tribe of Benjamin, born at Tarsus in Cilicia which Strabo stated was a famous city for the study of philosophy and the liberal sciences. {*Strabo, 1. 14. 6:347} Saul was of the sect of the Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. At that time he studied divinity in Jerusalem in the synagogue of the Cilicians. He frequented the school of Gamaliel who was that famous doctor among the Pharisees and a most strict observer of the law of Moses and of the traditions delivered to the fathers. (ACT 21:39, 22:3, 23:6,34, 26:4-5, 2CO 11:22, GAL 1:14, 3:5,6)