Acts 22:1

Paul’s Defense

22:1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”

Romans 9:3-4

9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen, 9:4 who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.