Paul was actually born as Saul. He was born in Tarsus in Cilicia around AD 1–5 in a province in the southeastern corner of modern-day Tersous, Turkey. He was of Benjamite lineage and Hebrew ancestry (Philippians 3:5–6). His parents were Pharisees—fervent Jewish nationalists who adhere...
Who Was Paul? Until His Conversion Saul was born around the beginning of the century, in Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia in Asia Minor, a little city but open to cultural influences and commercial exchanges between East and West. He was from a family of Diaspora Jews who belonged to the ...
9But Saul, who alsoisPaul, filled withtheHoly Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him, 使徒行传 13:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW) 9But Saul, also known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He stared at Elymas 使徒行传 13:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) ...
King Saul dies in battle. When the Philistines find him they strip him of his armor, a practice of war in Ancient times, and put his head in the temple of Dagon. By doing this, they attempt to show that their god had won over the king of Israel. We don’t really know how much ...
The New Testament: The New Testament begins with the four Gospels, which are all primarily set in Roman Judaea and deal with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Later books of the New Testament discuss the missionary work of early Christians like Paul the Apostle, who traveled across mult...
The authorship of the Bible book of Romans is clearly defined in the opening line of the letter: "Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God." Paul’s journey to apostleship was quite different than all t
His coverage of the remaining books in the OT is less exhaustive, but he examines the four Gospels as closely as he does the Pentateuch. His comments on Saul of Tarsus, later known as the apostle Paul (who wrote the bulk of the NT), highlight the issues and ambiguities surrounding the...
While in Jerusalem, near the end of his third missionary journey, Paul is arrested and is eventually taken to Rome. Along the way, he has the opportunity to proclaim the Good News to many top Roman government officials. Luke’s account ends with Paul still under house arrest, awaiting trial...
Saul, meanwhile, had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to a man from Gallim named Palti son of Laish.English Standard VersionSaul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.Berean Standard BibleBut Saul had given his daughter ...
the surrounding nations; the story of Abraham and Isaac banishes that horror forever from Hebrew history. Slavery was universal, but the law of the Jubilee Year made an end of domestic slavery in Israel. The family was foundationless; the wife’s rights rested wholly on the caprice of her ...