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After this meeting he began his famous missions to the west, preaching first in his native Syria and Cilicia (Galatians 1:17–24). During the next 20 years or so (c. mid-30s to mid-50s), he established several churches in Asia Minor and at least three in Europe, including the church at Corinth.
Paul foresaw his route of travel for the next four or so years in Acts 19:21-22. This agrees with his plans in 1 Corinthians 16:1, 3, 5, 8-10. Note how the " great door " opened to Paul and " many adversaries " in verse 9 compares with the events in the Ephesian amphitheater in Acts 19:23-41.
Paul's citizenship saves him from scourging (Acts 22:22-29) Before the Sanhedrin (Acts 22:30 - 23:10) Jesus tells Paul that he will bear witness of him in Rome The plot against Paul's life (Acts 23:12-22)
Tabor 2013 Paul is critical both theologically and empirically of claims of moral or lineal superiority of Jews while conversely strongly sustaining the notion of a special place for the Children of Israel. Paul's theology of the gospel accelerated the separation of the messianic sect of Christians from Judaism, a development contrary to Paul's own intent. He wrote that faith in Christ was ...
Paul's conversion was never the focal point of his preaching he preached Christ, not his personal experience ( 2 Cor 4:5)but it does not fail to influence him in later years ( Acts 22:2-12; 26:2-18). We can only sketch the rough outlines of Paul's life from his conversion to his first missionary journey in the late a.d. 40s.
The overall point of Paul’s timeline of events in Galatians 1:15-2:1 is to show that he did not receive his gospel “of man, neither was I taught it” (Gal. 1:12), and that after he was saved, “immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me” (Gal. 1:16-17).
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Apr 19, 2024 · For example, in Galatians 1:12, he merely says that he did not receive the gospel he preaches from humans but from “a revelation of Jesus Christ.” In 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, he says that after the resurrected Jesus appeared to Peter, the 12 apostles, and then 500 other Christians, “last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”
