Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
A Jew of Tarsus - A Jew by birth.
Of no mean city - Not obscure, or undistinguished. He could claim an honorable birth, so far as the place of his nativity was concerned. See the notes on Acts 9:11. Tarsus was much celebrated for its learning, and was at one time the rival of Alexandria and Athens. Xenophon calls it a great and flourishing city. Josephus ( Antiq. , book 2, chapter 6, section 6) says that it was the metropolis, and most renowned city among them (the Cilicians).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 21:39:
Acts 9:11
Acts 9:11
Acts 22:28
Acts 23:34
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