Gamaliel

the name of two persons mentioned in Bible history, of whom the first, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur (Num. i: 10), was prince or head of the tribe of Mana eh. The other and better known Gamaliel is mentioned twice in the Acts of the Apostles, as a learned doctor of the law, of the sect of the a icy From Acts xxii: 3 we learn that he was the preceptor of St. Paul; the other reference (Acts v: 34) records his famous advice to the Sanhedrim as to their treatment of the apostles.