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Paul and Silas initially visited Tarsus (Paul's birthplace), Derbe and Lystra. In Lystra, they met Timothy, a disciple who was spoken well of, and decided to take him with them. Paul and his companions, Silas and Timothy, had plans to journey to the southwest portion of Asia Minor to preach the gospel but during the night, Paul had a vision of ...
Paul's family had a history of religious piety (2 Timothy 1:3). [35] Apparently the family lineage had been very attached to Pharisaic traditions and observances for generations; [36] Acts quotes Paul referring to his family by saying he was "a Pharisee, born of Pharisees".
Saint Paul was a resident of Tarsus. He was born and lived in Tarsus as a Jew named Saul and, after converting, made a number of missionary journeys ending in his arrest and beheading by the Roman Emperor Nero in AD 64 or 67 on the 29th of June. [citation needed] After Paul's death, Tarsus continued as an important city
Church of St. Paul in Tarsus (the church and its surroundings are on the UN World Heritage tentative list) Tarsus was the city where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, Saul of Tarsus [11] was born, although he was brought up in Jerusalem. [12]
The Book of Acts later goes on to describe Paul the Apostle recounting that though "born in Tarsus", he was brought up in Jerusalem "at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers" . No details are given about which teachings Paul adopted from Gamaliel, as it is assumed that as a Pharisee, Paul ...
St Paul's Islands near St. Paul's Bay, traditionally identified as the place where St Paul was shipwrecked According to Acts, Paul was shipwrecked and ministered on an island which some scholars have identified as Malta (an island just south of Sicily ) for three months during which time he is said to have been bitten by a poisonous viper and ...
Saul of Tarsus - later known as Paul the Apostle, a Pharisee and Roman citizen who would later become an apostle - participated in Stephen's execution. [4] The only source for information about Stephen is the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles. [5]
Ananias of Damascus (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ ə s / AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας, romanized: Ananíās; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; "favoured of the L ORD") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who later was called Paul the Apostle ...