Biblical timeline of pauls life
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Biblical timeline of pauls life and ministry
What is a timeline of Paul’s life?
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The study of the life of the apostle Paulis both challenging and rewarding. He is called Saul, his Hebrew name, and Paul, his Roman name (Acts 13:9).
We first meet him at the martyrdom of Stephen in Acts 7. Saul is “a young man” (Acts 7:58), and he “approved of putting Stephen to death” (Acts 8:1, NASB). Paul was probably about 33 years old at that time.
Saul became a persecutor of the believers, and “he made havoc of the church” (Acts 8:3, NKJV).
Biblical timeline of pauls life
On his way from Jerusalem to Damascus to capture more Christians, he himself was “captured” by Jesus Christ (Acts 9:3–9). After his conversion, Saul spent three years in Damascus and Arabia, receiving what might be called his “Bible college instruction” (Galatians 1:17–18).
After this time he returned to Jerusalem to meet Peter and James, the brother of Jesus, who were understandably wary of him, but the apostles received him because of Barnabas’s testimony (Acts 9:26–28).