The Apostle Paul

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The Apostle Paul

• A Brief Description
• Based on His Letters and the Book of Acts

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The Apostle Paul

• Sources Luke's Acts and Paul's letters
• A Jew of the tribe of Benjamin (Phil 35)
• Born in Tarsus in Cilicia
• Hebrew name, Saul Greek name, Paulus

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The Apostle Paul

• Raised and educated in Jerusalem (w/ sister)
• Taught by Gamaliel (Acts 223)
• A Pharisee (rabbi, teacher of the Law)
• A tentmaker (leather worker)

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The Apostle Paul

• A Roman citizen by birth
• Cosmopolitan, urban both Jew Greek
• Married? (a member of the Sanhedrin)
• Probably not handsome (2 Cor 1010)

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2 Corinthians 1010

• For some say, "His letters are weighty and
  forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and
  his speaking amounts to nothing.
• New International Version

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The Apostle Paul

• Officiated at the death of Stephen
• A persecutor of the incipient NT Church
• Saved on Damascus Road (A.D. 32-35?)

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The Apostle Paul

• Ministered to Diaspora at great personal cost
• Called to be an Apostle to the Gentiles
• Went on 3-4 major missionary trips
• Traveled with Barnabas, Silas, Luke

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The Apostle Paul

• God worked miracles through Paul
• Wrote letters, 13 of which are extant
• Beheaded at Rome by Nero (?)

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Timothy and Titus are introduced later
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