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Title:
The Life of Paul, the Apostle
Description: Thirteen books in the New Testament, name Paul as their author, and
another one (Acts) devotes more than half its pages to describing
how Paul was chosen to be an apostle and how he preached the good
news throughout the Roman Empire. Acts 21.1-21 says that Paul was
born in Tarsus, which was a major center for Greek education and
culture. But as a Jew, Paul also studied in Jerusalem with Gamaliel,
a leading teacher of the Law of Moses (Acts 22.3). Paul, whose
Jewish name was Saul, was part of a religious group called the
Pharisees (Phil 3.5), who believed that people could serve God best
by strictly obeying the Law of Moses. Pauls strong beliefs as a
Pharisee led him to make trouble for the followers of Jesus (Acts
8.1-3; 9.1,2). Saul did his best to try to destroy the movement but
was radically changed when the risen Christ appeared to him in a
vision and chose him to be his follower and to spread the good news
to all people (Acts 9.1-18; Gal 1.11-17; 1 Cor 9.1). After three
years in Damascus (Gal 1.18) and after meeting with the leaders of
the church in Jerusalem (Gal 1.18--2.10), Paul set out to preach the
good news about Christ to the Gentiles. From his letters and from
Acts, we learn that Paul spent about fifteen years preaching and
helping to create new groups of followers in Asia Minor and Greece,
where he worked in important cities such as Ephesus, Colossae,
Thessalonica, Athens, and Corinth. As he preached and taught the
good news, he debated with philosophers