Life of Paul
The life of the Apostle Paul is a very long and complex story. Through much research and thought of an approach, I have found the best way to give an account is to actually recount the life that he led. In this paper I will attempt to give a testimony of how I perceived the life of Paul. In my view, his life consists of four parts: his life before the conversion, the actual conversion, his life through the three renowned missionary journeys, and the testimony he gives throughout. The letters he wrote through this time and the miscellaneous autobiographical information supplied in the scriptures also takes on a large amount of the concentration. The first area I would like to observe in the life of Paul is his actual life before the conversion. This Jewish Pharisee is first seen or heard of with his Hebrew name Saul (Acts 7:58; 13:9). According to The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, Paul was born in Tarsus in Cilicia. This place of origin is located in Asia Minor or modern southern Turkey. As far as we know, he was born around ten years after Christ. This assumption is gathered since he is referred to as a 'young man' at the time of Stephen's stoning (Act 7:58). We know that Paul's father was d
From this point onwards Saul was called by his Latin name Paul (Acts 13:9). Paul and Barnabas went to Barnabas' home country of Cyprus. Paul soon after sailed over to Macedonia retracing his earlier ministry through Phillipi, Thessalonica and Berea. Lastly, the writings of Paul carry on his great missionary life and journeys. The New Strong's Complete Dictionary of Bible Words. Although Peter was called to the Jews and Paul to the Gentiles, the Bible tells clearly that they both preached whenever, wherever, and to whoever would listen. The church of Antioch then decided to send the two back to Jerusalem for the famous Jerusalem Council with the other apostles. Then there are the pastoral epistles: 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. He would, of course, have been fluent in Greek and Hebrew or Aramaic (possibly both). The first missionary journey was probably made sometime between AD 47 and AD 48. Paul in fact usually went first to the synagogue in each town he visited.
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