St Paul the Apostle
Paul was born in Tarus in Asia Minor (Turkey) and is referred to as the apostle to the Gentiles. His Hebrew name is Saul (asked of God) and Greek/Roman name Paul
(Acts 13:9) ans together with Peter was the most notable of Early Christian missionaries.
Paul became a learned Pharisee and an opponent of Christianity until his conversion on his way to Damascus (Acts 9:3; 22:6).
Following his stay in Damascus after his conversion, where he was baptised, he first went to Arabia, and then came back to Damascus (Galatians 1:17).
According to Acts, his preaching in the local synagogues got him into trouble there, and he was forced to escape, being let down over the wall in a basket (Acts 9:23).
He describes in Galatians, how three years after his conversion, he went to Jerusalem, where he met James, and stayed with Simon Peter for fifteen days (Galatians 1:13–24).
He apparently attempted to join the disciples and was accepted only owing to the intercession of Barnabas they were all understandably afraid of him as one who had been a persecutor of the Church (Acts 9:26–27).
Again, according to Acts, he got into trouble for disputing with "Hellenists" (Greek speaking Jews and Gentile "God-fearers") and so he was sent back to Tarsus.
Photo - St. Paul, by El Greco
Not much is known about the fourteen years that elapsed before he went again to Jerusalem. At the end of this time, Barnabas went to find Saul and brought him back to Antioch (Acts 11:26). When a famine occurred in Judaea, around 45–46,[4] help was sent by the hands of Barnabas and Saul; Saul then returned to Antioch. According to Acts, Antioch had become an alternative centre for Christians, following the dispersion after the death of Stephen. In Antioch, the followers of Jesus were first called Christians.
Barnabas took Saul on what is often called the First Missionary Journey which took them to Cyprus, Barnabas's home, and thence to Paphos (Acts 13–14).
Paul traveled to Corinth, where he settled for three years and where he may have written 1 Thessalonians, possibly the earliest of his surviving letters. At Corinth, (18:12–17).
Paul continued his preaching, traveling again through Asia Minor and Macedonia, to Antioch and back (Acts 18:23–21:26).
Paul was martyred in the year 64AD
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