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How many years after Jesus did Paul come?
The New Testament accounts. Paul’s conversion experience is discussed in both the Pauline epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Saul/Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know him before his crucifixion. Paul’s conversion occurred 4-7 years after Jesus’s crucifixion in 30 AD.
Where was Paul when Jesus was crucified?
Yet the crucifixion occurred in AD 33, followed by Paul’s epiphany the next year. Paul claimed to be a Pharisee (Philippians 3:5 and Acts 23:6) and attended Stephen’s stoning (Acts 7:58) in Jerusalem.
Did Paul watch Jesus be crucified?
Paul regarded the crucifixion of Jesus as essential to the gospel (Rom 1:1–8; 1 Cor 15:3–4) and thus crucial for the forgiveness of sinners (1 Cor 15:17).
In what year was Paul converted?
St Paul’s Day
Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus is believed to have happened in 36 AD. Anglicans and Roman Catholics celebrate the event as the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul on the 25th January each year.
How many languages did Paul speak?
Saul/Paul of Tarsus spoke Greek, Aramaic, and possibly some Latin. As a highly educated Pharisee, he also read a scribal form of Hebrew.