He is the most prominent of the 12. He is always listed first in the lists. We also know more about Peter than the other 12. His Aramaic name was Simeon (Acts 15:14 and in IIPet. 1:1 this is what he calls himself. Simon is the gentile form).............

St. Paul before his Journeys

After his conversion, Acts gives the impression that Paul immediately preached in Damascus about Jesus as the Son of God, earned the wrath of the Jewish leadership, and had to escape from the city by being let down over the walls in a basket. However, in his own account (Galatians 1) Paul makes it clear that after his conversion he spent several years in.............

St. Paul’s Journey to Rome and his Death

Instead of returning to Antioch Paul goes to Jerusalem. There he is rescued from a Jewish mob by the Romans who are concerned that he is a Roman citizen, but they take him before the Sanhedrin. There Paul causes consternation by revealing he is a Pharisee. That night he receives a vision that he is to go to witness at Rome................

The Early Life of St. Paul

St. Paul himself tells us (Acts 22) that he was born in Tarsus in the south-east part of modern Turkey called Cilicia to a Jewish family of the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11) and, important for Paul later in his life, born a Roman citizen (Acts 22). Knowing that he was present as a young man when St. Stephen was killed (Acts 7 and 22), and assuming this was c.34AD, then we may give a tentative date for his birth c.10AD. His Jewish name was Saul although,.........

St. Paul’s Missionary Journeys

On their return to Antioch Paul and Barnabas bring John Mark with them and are sent on a missionary journey (Paul’s first Journey, Acts 13 and 14). John leaves them to return to Jerusalem. This journey took place c.46-49AD. After finishing their journey, Paul and Barnabas are despatched from Antioch to Jerusalem .........