The Acts of the Apostles certainly emphasize Paul’s Jewish origins but raise questions: “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a city that is not insignificant” (XXI, 39).

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Recommended You Gotta Admit That Trump Is Packing Some Major Cajones Kurt Schlichter Advertisement Paul’s conversion---which occurred when he was known as Saul of Tarsus---happened in Syria.

And the promise of the approach is virtually limitless—it could be applied to historical figures from Paul of Tarsus to Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama. In the initial phase of their research ...

23:34); today's SE Turkey Tarsus - home city of Saul/Paul; major university (Acts 9:11, 30; 1:25; 21:39; 22:3) CYPRUS - island in Eastern Mediterranean; homeland of Barnabas; first stop on first ...

At the least, he is not a saint in the official ordained recognized manner as a figure like St. Paul of Tarsus, St. Francis of Assisi or Saint Teresa of Calcutta. "The modern canonization ...

Paul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia (modern day Turkey) in the early 1 st century AD. His parents were Jewish. They belonged to the tribe of Benjamin and the sect of the Pharisees. Paul’s native ...