the capital of Cilicia, and the native city of St. Paul, Acts
ix, 11; xxi, 39. Some think it obtained the privileges of a Roman colony
because of its firm adherence to Julius Cæsar; and this procured the
inhabitants the favour of being acknowledged citizens of Rome, which St.
Paul enjoyed by being born in it. Others maintain that Tarsus was only a
free city, but not a Roman colony, in the time of St. Paul, and that his
privilege as a Roman citizen was founded upon some other right, perhaps
gained by his ancestors.
ix, 11; xxi, 39. Some think it obtained the privileges of a Roman colony
because of its firm adherence to Julius Cæsar; and this procured the
inhabitants the favour of being acknowledged citizens of Rome, which St.
Paul enjoyed by being born in it. Others maintain that Tarsus was only a
free city, but not a Roman colony, in the time of St. Paul, and that his
privilege as a Roman citizen was founded upon some other right, perhaps
gained by his ancestors.