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Gamaliel

The Pharisee and teacher of the law who talked the Sanhedrin out of killing the apostles with an argument from patience: if this counsel is of men it will come to nothing, and if it is of God you cannot overthrow it. Paul's own teacher.

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New Testament
Titles
Rabbi · Member of the Sanhedrin
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acts · sanhedrin · pharisee

Gamaliel in Scripture

8 verses use this name, in 2 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Gamaliel.

First namedNumbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;Last namedActs 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Numbers 1, Numbers 2, Numbers 7, Numbers 10, Acts 5 and Acts 22. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

MosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
JudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line…Numbers 1:7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
AaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line c…Numbers 1:3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
ManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the c…Numbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
SimeonA righteous and devout man of Jerusalem on whom the Holy Spirit rested, promised he would not die before seeing the Lor…Numbers 1:6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…Numbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
SaulIsrael's first king, head and shoulders above the people; began in humility, ended in rejection — sparing what God devo…Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
IthamarAaron's fourth son, ordained priest in Leviticus 8; overseer of the tabernacle's accounts and the Gershonite and Merari…Numbers 7:8and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Studies that meet Gamaliel

These studies quote a verse that names Gamaliel.

Numbers — the Study GuideNumbers 1:10
Studies working in the same chapters1

These do not quote a verse naming Gamaliel; they open other passages in the same chapters.

Trees — Eden, Cross, New JerusalemActs 5

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