Category: Scripture

In my last post on the Life of Paul, we learned that Paul was instrumental in the initial spread of the gospel beyond Jerusalem in a somewhat indirect way. The persecution of the church, in which he was a key instrument and driver, caused many of the new believers in Jesus to flee Jerusalem. As [...]

Last time we were introduced to Paul at the stoning of Stephen. Acts 8:1a says "And Saul approved of his execution." This verse is really the closing statement of the previous paragraph in chapter 7 about the stoning of Stephen after his trial. Acts 8:1b-3 then tells us: "And there arose on that day a [...]

This next entry in following the life of Paul the Apostle is where he is first introduced to us in Scripture. His appearance comes in the context of the trial and execution of Stephen, so I'm going to begin with looking at who Stephen was and what got him in trouble. The opening chapters of [...]

Paul was probably born sometime in the first decade, and for the purposes of this blog series and my historical conjecturing I'm going to call his birth as 2 A.D. and was probably about 29 years old when we first meet him in Acts 8. But before that, let's do some additional thinking about him. [...]

We are first introduced to Paul in the events surrounding the trial and stoning of Stephen. However, before I get to that, I want to explore a little more of Paul's probable upbringing and training, which of course, is mainly conjecture. We learn from scripture that Paul was a tentmaker, and he very possibly learned [...]