Paul - the apostle who was sent by Jesus Christ to the Gentiles.So the Jews were called, and apparently continue to call all the people who believe in other gods.From today you can learn certain details about that person?Mainly from publications such as this, as well as various books, dictionaries and encyclopedias religious content.Readers should know that the author of most of the New Testament it is the apostle Paul.
biography of this man may be based on his letters and the book "Acts of the Apostles."Most researchers book dates from the first half of the seventies and eighties of the first century AD.It was written after the death of the Apostle, and its authorship is attributed to the evangelist Luke.You can find articles that claimed that some sections of "Acts" are presented as if they were telling the apostle Paul himself.
this statement is argued that the story in the first person, and so are the words of the Apostle himself.In fact, such arguments are not just shaky, but even strange.The oddity is that the author of the book of Acts is really uses the word "we", but says: "We and Paul", "There was us and Paul" and so on.Obviously, these are the words of one of his companions.The Apostle Paul in his epistles mentions that Luke remains with him, calls him his collaborator and beloved doctor.
So, the Apostle Paul, who later became a teacher of the Gentiles, was born in the city of Tarsus.It was the capital of the south of Asia Minor.It is believed that his father was of the tribe of Benjamin.His first name is Saul, the future Apostle was supposedly in honor of King Saul.His second name, respectively, Paul.His parents had Roman citizenship, which subsequently rendered a service to the Apostle, freeing him from the scourging.
Saul was brought up in the strict traditions of the Pharisees, although above the citizenship of Rome, of course, involves frequent contacts with the pagan environment.Subsequently, it became a teacher Gamaliel - a very well known and respected in those days pharisaical Patriarch, a teacher of God's law.The Apostle Paul in his letters calls himself an ardent follower of the teachings of the Pharisees.The book of Acts describes how he, as a young man, watched as Jews were beaten to death the Christian church deacon Stephen.
Since then, Saul begins to zealously and even fanatically persecute Christians.Going to Damascus, he was suddenly stopped by a supernatural force, and converted to Christianity.Thus the apostle himself had always believed that it continues to serve God of their ancestors, but recognizes the true Savior Jesus Christ, promised in the writings of ancient prophets.Now Saul was becoming as a zealous preacher of Christ the Savior.Three years future apostle lives in the Arabian desert.There, according to Paul, it was Jesus himself, and taught him the true doctrine.
Then he tries to preach the new doctrine in Damascus, but he did not allow the Jews.Then Paul goes to Jerusalem, where he meets with the apostles of Jesus Christ, Jacob, Peter, John.Later, after several years of residence in his native Tarsus, the apostle Paul went to Antioch, where he calls the Apostle Barnabas.There is a real awakening of Antioch to the Gentiles.Barnabas believed in the conversion of Saul Christ and that Jesus chose his apostles to the Gentiles.
Together they made their missionary journeys.With them was a cousin of Barnabas, Mark, and then becomes a constant companion of Paul Luke, who later became an evangelist and author of the book "Acts of the Apostles."Personally, Paul founded many Christian churches, including in Macedonia, Galatia, Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi.
addition to purely evangelical texts about the life and the Acts of the Apostles narrate many other books and stories.According to tradition preserved he was executed by decapitation during the persecution of Nero in Rome in '64.The memory of the Apostles Peter and Paul Church celebrates on 29 June.
