


They both return to Antioch with John Mark, one of the Apostles of Jesus. Paul and Barnabas coordinate to send supplies to Jerusalem. – Acts 9:30īarnabas, a Cypriot Jew, visits Paul and they both preach in Antioch.Īgabus, a Christian follower, foresees a famine in Jerusalem. Paul stays in Tarsus and areas nearby, preaching Jesus’ teachings. Paul leaves for Jerusalem and meets the other Apostles. He returns to Damascus then exits the city for safety. Paul travels to Damascus once again but is forced to flee due to persecution. Paul makes his way to Arabia and lives there for three years. A disciple named Ananias has a vision from Jesus and visits Saul to restore his sight. He hears the voice of Jesus and is blinded on his way to Damascus to persecute more Christians. Paul witnesses the stoning of Stephen, an apostle of Jesus Christ. He brings them to jail and calls for them to be stoned to death if found guilty of “blasphemy”. Paul begin persecuting the Christian Church found in Jerusalem. Saul trains with Gamaliel I at the Pharisaic Rabbinical school to become a Pharisee. He is a Roman citizen who is also referred to as Paul. Saul was born to an Israelite family who came from a tribe of Benjamin. Paul the Apostle Timeline in Biblical HistoryĪpproximate year of birth of Saul of Tarsus (now eastern Turkey). William Smith supports this idea in Smith’s Bible Dictionary, stating that many testimonies point towards beheading as the most likely way in which died. They were often beheaded during Nero’s reign. In AD 64, there was heavy persecution of Christians. Although much information is provided about Paul’s missions in the Bible, it does not cover his death.
