I think it is an absolute, iron clad guarantee, that he was a Jew, a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, until he got knocked off his high horse. I wonder if that is where the term came from?
26 posted on 12/16/2017 4:20:02 AM PST by Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)