3/15/2024 0 Comments Shapath life in the bible![]() ![]() ![]() "For you heard of my (Paul is speaking) former conduct when I was in Judaism, how I was excessively persecuting the church of God and was destroying it And I was advancing in Judaism far beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more abundantly zealous for the traditions of my fathers." (Galatians 1:13 - 14, HBFV) On reflecting on his pre-conversion days Paul says the following. After seeing Stephen's life taken, he leads the first great wave of persecution against the early church. ![]() His Pharisaic zeal for God's law and dedication to stopping the early spread of Christianity knew no bounds. Paul is thirty years old when he is an official witness at the stoning of Stephen. It is led by the well-known and respected Pharisee Gamaliel. The early religious training Paul receives comes from the best Rabbinical school in Jerusalem. His birth in a Roman "free city" grants him Roman citizenship, a privilege he will exercise later in life. He was born into a Jewish family in the city of Tarsus. ![]()
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