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10 BC – 52 AD
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10 BC52 AD
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A leading Pharisee rabbi and member of the Sanhedrin, grandson of the great Hillel, and one of the most respected Jewish teachers of the Second Temple period. When the apostles were arrested for preaching about Jesus, Gamaliel counseled caution: 'If this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them' (Acts 5:38-39). The apostle Paul identified Gamaliel as his teacher, having been educated 'at the feet of Gamaliel' in the strictest traditions of the Pharisees (Acts 22:3). Jewish tradition honors him with the title Rabban, the highest rabbinic distinction.
A leading Pharisee rabbi and member of the Sanhedrin, grandson of the great Hillel, and one of the most respected Jewish teachers of the Second Temple period.
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