Phili 3:5 | PNT | STEP | Circumcised the eighth day . As enjoined by the law ( ). Of the stock of Israel . Descended from Israel (Jacob), who had the birthright of Isaac and Abraham ( ). [Of] the tribe of Benjamin . A tribe descended from the beloved Rachel ( ); a tribe that remained faithful when the Ten Tribes of Israel seceded ( ), the tribe on whose soil Jerusalem and the temple stood ( ). An Hebrew of the Hebrews . Hebrew by race, by religion, by education, and by custom. See . A Pharisee . A member of the strictest sect in Israel, "after the straitest manner of the sect".

Philippians 3:5

Circumcised the eighth day. As enjoined by the law (Lu 1:59).

Of the stock of Israel. Descended from Israel (Jacob), who had the birthright of Isaac and Abraham (Ge 27:27-29). [Of] the tribe of Benjamin. A tribe descended from the beloved Rachel (Ge 35:24); a tribe that remained faithful when the Ten Tribes of Israel seceded (1Ki 12:20,21), the tribe on whose soil Jerusalem and the temple stood (Jos 18:28 1Ch 9:3).

An Hebrew of the Hebrews. Hebrew by race, by religion, by education, and by custom. See 2Co 11:22.

A Pharisee. A member of the strictest sect in Israel, "after the straitest manner of the sect".