. Ancient apostles. six years old until he be-^ I o T came a man. But in those days, school A Crooa btuaent , , , i i i i rm i i boys had no school books, ihey wouldjust listen to what their teacher told them, rememberit, and try to be able to tell it again when asked to doso. The principal study in the schoolroom, at thattime, was the holy scriptures. Of course, they didnot have the Bible then as we have it now, but they hadthe Old Testament, and could learn all about Abra-ham, Isaac, and Jacob, the children of Israel, KingSaul, King David, King Solomon and the , he was taught ea
. Ancient apostles. six years old until he be-^ I o T came a man. But in those days, school A Crooa btuaent , , , i i i i rm i i boys had no school books, ihey wouldjust listen to what their teacher told them, rememberit, and try to be able to tell it again when asked to doso. The principal study in the schoolroom, at thattime, was the holy scriptures. Of course, they didnot have the Bible then as we have it now, but they hadthe Old Testament, and could learn all about Abra-ham, Isaac, and Jacob, the children of Israel, KingSaul, King David, King Solomon and the , he was taught early in his life to look forwardto the Messiah who should be king of the Jews. Among the Jews were found dilferent sects or re-ligions, chief among which were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. In Sauls day, PhariseesSaTducee^^^ Were the most popular of all the sects, and held most of the highest offices in the stateand the church. They believed in the oral law as de-livered from God to Moses, as well as in the written. Saul of Tarsus 135 law. They believed also in the resurrection of thebody. But they made long and frequent prayers, notonly in the synagogue and temple, but in the streets,so they could be heard of men. In other things, too,they were very hypocritical. The Sadducees did not believe in a bodily resur-rection. You will see, later, how Saul used to goodadvantage this difference of belief between these twosects. Saul was a Pharisee; and a good Pharisee, too. Hewas just as sincere in his belief and education as anyA Pharisee could be. If Saul had been a hypocritical Pharisee, he probablynever would have found the truth, but being sincere,that is, always doing what he thought was right, hewas led to the Gospel. There is another thing to learn about this boy, Saulof Tarsus; viz., that he was bom a Roman citizen. Tarsus, an exceedingly rich and populousCitizen^ city, was a Roman municipium, or freecorporation. This means that the freedomof Rome (which ruled all those count
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