Along With Being a Hebrew Pharisee, Sha’ul Was Also from the Tribe of Binyamin, and a Roman Citizen Who Bragged About His Ability to Present Himself Under Any of These Identities and More, Adaptably Pandering to Each Individual Audience He Spoke to, Claiming Himself to be Made “All Things to All Men”


‘But Sha’ul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, being Romans. They have thrown us into prison, and now, do they throw us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and bring us out.” And the officers reported these words to the authorities, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 16:37-38

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.16.37-38


‘“I am indeed a Yehuḏi, having been born in Tarsos of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli’ĕl, having been instructed according to the exactness of the Torah of our fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you all are today,’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 22:3

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.22.3


‘And as they were stretching him out with straps, Sha’ul said to the captain who was standing by, “Is it permitted for you to whip a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?” And when the captain heard, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman.” And having come, the commander said to him, “Say to me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.” And the commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Sha’ul said, “But I was even born so.” Then at once those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. And on the next day, intending to know for certain why he was accused by the Yehuḏim, he released him, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to come, and brought Sha’ul down and set him before them.’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 22:25-30

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.22.25-30


‘Now Sha’ul, perceiving that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, “Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, I am being judged concerning the expectation and resurrection of the dead!”’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 23:6

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.23.6


‘Having written a letter in this form: Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings. This man, having been seized by the Yehuḏim, and being about to be killed by them, I rescued, having come with the body of soldiers, having learned that he was a Roman. And, desiring to know the reason they accused him, I brought him before their council. I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their Torah, but there was no charge against him deserving death or chains.’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 23:25-29

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.23.25-29


‘Truly, then, all the Yehuḏim know my way of life from youth, which I led from the beginning among my own nation at Yerushalayim,” since they have known me from the first, if they wish to witness, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our observance.’

  • Ma`asei (Acts) 26:4-5

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ACT.26.4-5


‘I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it not be! For I also am of Yisra’ĕl, of the seed of Aḇraham, of the tribe of Binyamin.’

  • Romiyim (Romans) 11:1

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ROM.11.1


‘For though I am free from all, I made myself a servant to all, in order to win more, and to the Yehuḏim I became as a Yehuḏi, that I might win Yehuḏim; to those who are under Torah, as under Torah, so as to win those who are under Torah; to those without Torah, as without Torah – not being without Torah toward Elohim, but under Torah of Messiah – so as to win those who are without Torah. To the weak I became as weak, so as to win the weak. To all men I have become all, so as to save some, by all means. And I do this because of the Good News, so as to become a fellow-partaker with it.’

  • Qorintiyim Aleph (1 Corinthians) 9:19-23

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/1CO.9.19-23


‘Circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Yisra’ĕl, of the tribe of Binyamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, according to Torah a Pharisee, according to ardour, persecuting the assembly; according to righteousness that is in the law, having become blameless.’

  • Pilipiyim (Philippians) 3:5-6

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/PHP.3.5-6





Torah and יהושע Messiah Warned of Murderous Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Hidden Within High Positions Among Yisra’el


‘“Binyamin is a wolf that tears, in the morning he eats prey, and at night he divides the spoil.”’

  • Berĕshith (Genesis) 49:27

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/GEN.49.27


‘“There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken wealth and precious matters , they have made many widows in her midst. “Her priests have done violence to My teaching and they profane My set-apart matters . They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst. “Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain. “And her prophets have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,’ when יהוה had not spoken.’

  • Yehezqĕl (Ezekiel) 22:25-28

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/EZK.22.25-28


‘Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! She did not obey the voice, she did not accept instruction, she did not trust in יהוה, she did not draw near to her Elohim. Her rulers in her midst are roaring lions, her judges are evening wolves, they shall leave no bone until morning. Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the set-apart place, they have done violence to the Torah.’

  • Tsephanyah (Zephaniah) 3:1-4

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/ZEP.3.1-4


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‘“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves. “By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles? “So every good tree yields good fruit, but a rotten tree yields wicked fruit. “A good tree is unable to yield wicked fruit, and a rotten tree to yield good fruit. “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. “So then, by their fruits you shall know them –’

  • Mattithyahu (Matthew) 7:15-20

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.7.15-20


‘“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. “But beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins and flog you in their congregations. “And you shall be brought before governors and sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them and to the nations.’

  • Mattithyahu (Matthew) 10:16-18

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/MAT.10.16-18


‘And after this the Master appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Then He said to them, “The harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few, therefore pray the Master of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. “Go! See, I send you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.’

  • Luqas (Luke) 10:1-3

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/LUK.10.1-3


‘“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.’

  • Yoḥanan (John) 8:44

https://www.bible.com/bible/316/JHN.8.44