APOSTLE'S BIRTH TO HIS FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY (3)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Timeline from Apostle Paul's birth  to his First Missionary Journey

33 to 36 A.D.		Taught by Jesus  a) Paul spends three years in Arabia where he and has Jesus personally teach him (Galatians 1:11-12, 15-18).
36 A.D.		Paul's First Visit to Jerusalem after conversion a) After three years in Arabia Paul journeys back to Damascus (Galatians 1:17). He then travels to Jerusalem and stays almost two weeks (Acts 9:26, Galatians 1:18-19). His preaching angers some Jews to the point where they plot to take his life (Acts 9:29). He is soon sent by church brethren to Caesarea and back home to Tarsus (Acts 9:30).
		Was the Apostle Paul married? a) The Bible does not definitively state what Paul’s marital status was. However, the social norm of the time required Pharisees and members of the Sanhedrin to be married. b) As he was a Pharisee and likely a member of the Sanhedrin, he was almost certainly married at one point. If this were the case, he would have been a widower at the time of his ministry.

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