Verse 22
1. By his genuine Hebraism, 2 Corinthians 11:22. “It would appear from Epiphanius,” says Stanley, “that the Judaizers went so far as to assert that he was altogether a Gentile by birth, and only adopted circumcision in order to marry the high priest’s daughter. This suspicion might possibly arise from his birthplace at Tarsus, one of the great seats of Gentile education; or from his connexion with Gamaliel, whose teaching notoriously inculcated toleration of Gentile usages.”
This verse fixes the fact that his opponents were Jews and Judaizers, and probably from Jerusalem.
22. Hebrews Distinguished from the term Jews in the fact that the latter merely signifies those of the tribe of Judah, while the former includes the whole twelve, and is thence the most proper opposite of Gentile.
Israelites No more comprehensive than Hebrew, but more honourable as derived from the God-given title of Prevailer with God. Genesis 32:28.
Seed of Abraham Not a Gentile proselyte even, but a pure blooded Hebrew of (out from) Hebrews. On these points of mere descent Paul is short and decisive, with an I also.
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