How was Saul of Tarsus a Roman citizen?

Question

I thought it took a little more to be Roman than being born somewhere.

Answer 1

Not all Roman citizens were born as Roman citizens. Some bought their Roman citizenship. And not all Jews were Roman citizens, but Paul was a Roman citizen because his Jewish parents were Roman citizens.

Answer 2

Tarsus was a Roman city and Saul was born there.

Answer 3

Roman citizenship was extended by granting it to local politicians and magistrates throughout the provinces. But the greatest proliferation of Roman citizenship occurred in a.d. 212 when Caracalla (a.d. 211-217) freely made citizenship available to all free-born people within the Empire by means of the Constitution Antoniniana. Saul of Tarsus was a tent maker like his father before him so his dad was probably either born in a province of Rome, part of a Jewish community established by Antiochus Epiphanes or had purchased his citizenship and bequeathed it to his son. Love in Christ, ~J~

Answer 4

Tarsus was a Roman city.

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Answer 5

Many diaspora Jews were Roman citizens.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 6

He said he was born a Roman citizen so where he was born had to belong to Rome.

Answer 7

same way an @ss is horse + donkey
saul saul was both roman and jewish
such law vs law was against itself
as are all oxy-MORONS

Saul-->Paul an apostle of J->C--->Paul The Apostle
Law-->Another Law--->No Law Law at all, only Grace
Pharisee-->Wretched--->All Grace & Peace thereof C

The GRACE of our Lord J-->C with you-->all. Amen.

Answer 8

tarsus was a roman colony

Answer 9

He was a lawyer, and maybe a cop too. That type has a knack for hooking up with authority.

Answer 10

Through his father ... believe you’ll find it in Acts. Paul was also a Benjamite because of his mother.