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2 days ago · 1. Where was St. Paul from? In Acts 21:39, St. Paul states: I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. Tarsus was the capital city of the Roman province of Cilicia. This is on the southeast coast of modern Turkey, so St. Paul was not from the Holy Land. He was actually a Jew born in what is now Turkey.
1 day ago · Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.
1 day ago · Half of Luke’s account of Paul is a series of trial scenes, as Paul appears before Jewish authorities, Roman governors, and Herod Agrippa on his way to a final hearing before Caesar. Along the way, Luke uses the word apologia seven times.
4 days ago · St. Paul came from Tarsus, a city in what is today southeast Turkey not far from Adana. His father was a Roman citizen, which Paul inherited, and devoted to the Pharisaic school of Judaism, which Paul also would be.
1 day ago · The Basilica of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls is built over the tomb of Saul of Tarsus, a former persecutor of Christians who later converted and became the Apostle to the Gentiles, ultimately being martyred in Rome. The statue of Saint Paul carried in procession by members of various Roman confraternities and parishioners of the basilica.
2 days ago · A Roman slab with the inscription "Paulo apostolo mart"; a burial area of an important Christian community; Recent scientific research attributes the mortal remains found inside a rough marble sarcophagus to a man who lived between the 1st and 2nd centuries. These are the material data that attest to the presence of the Apostle of the Gentiles under the altar of the Basilica of Saint Paul ...
9 hours ago · A memorial service was held in his honor earlier this week, where Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman, Rikishi, and The Rock’s mother Ata Johson were spotted among other members of the Anoai family.
