Within a few years of Jesus’ death and resurrection Paul (who was called Saul at the time) was struck blind when he was on his way to Damascus:
{3} Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. [...] {8} Saul rose from the ground, and [...]
Answers about Paul
On Paul’s first journey, he had travelled with Barnabas (Acts 13:1-3). But when Paul wanted to set out on his second journey, he had an argument with Barnabas about whether John Mark should also come (Acts 15:36-38). In the end, Barnabas went with John Mark to Cyprus (Acts 15:39) and Paul went with Silas through [...]
We aren’t told why Paul’s name changed from Saul to Paul (we aren’t actually even told that it was Paul who changed his own name, although it’s a fair guess that he did). The verse that mentions the change of name is Acts 13:9:
But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked [...]
Paul first went to Philippi on his second journey in about AD 50 (Acts 16:12) and he baptised the first few believers there. It was on that first visit that he ended up in a Philippian jail with Silas after a severe beating. He was in Philippi again about five years later while on [...]
Romans 15:19-21 says:
{19} …from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; {20} and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, {21} but as it is written, “Those [...]
Almost everything we know about Silas comes in Acts 15-18. From these four chapters we learn
He was a leader in the Jerusalem church around AD 50 (Acts 15:22).
He was a prophet (Acts 15:32).
He was a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37).
He was sent to Antioch to encourage and strengthen the church, and to explain [...]
Paul mentions this in 2 Corinthians 12:
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should [...]
The person who asked this question highlighted the contrast between Rom. 1:1 — which says the letter to the Romans is from Paul — and Rom. 16:22, which says:
I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
In this situation, Tertius is working as Paul’s secretary, writing down the words that Paul dictates to [...]
