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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Turkey near the Mediterranean Sea west of Adana. Settled in the Neolithic Period, it was one of the most important cities of Asia Minor under Roman rule (after 67 BC). Saint Paul was born in Tarsus.
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Examples
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During a revival at St. Paul's College in Tarsus, two-thirds of the student body decided to join the Student Association.
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Paul, though settled in Tarsus, a Greek city, calls himself a Hebrew.
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3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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And uppermore amongst the mountains is a fair city, that is called Tarsus, and the city of Longemaath, and the city of Assere, and the city of
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Prof. HART: He was contemporary with Jesus; came from Tarsus, which is in w-- southern part of what we now call Turkey.
Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher Education 2002
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Paul, a well-educated Jew from the city of Tarsus, has long been recognized as a figure whose influence on Christianity rivals that of Jesus himself.
One World, Under God 2009
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When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage.
In Hoc Anno Domini 2011
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When Saul of Tarsus set out on his journey to Damascus the whole of the known world lay in bondage.
In Hoc Anno Domini 2011
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Fifty-five year-old Ahmet Yeter said he lost the sight in one eye after being beaten by Syrian troops on his way to Tarsus.
Tension Rises at Turkey-Syria Border Marc Champion 2011
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Perhaps they are indeed the product of some set of conversion-narrative conventions, or were at least influenced by earlier conversion narratives, going back to that of Saul of Tarsus “Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him,” Acts 9:3, if not earlier.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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