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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. The narrative of the Book of Acts suggests Paul's conversion occurred 4–7 years after the crucifixion of Jesus.
Paul is the earliest surviving source to document Jesus' death by crucifixion and his conversion occurred two years after this event. [55] Paul mentioned details in his letters such as that Jesus was a Jew, born of the line of David, and had biological brothers. [55] According to Simon Gathercole, Paul's description of Jesus's life on Earth ...
The crucifixion of Jesus was the death of Jesus by being nailed to a cross. [note 1] It occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, and later attested to by other ancient sources.
For Paul, Jesus receives prayer, [281] [282] [283] the presence of Jesus is confessionally invoked by believers, [284] [285] [286] people are baptized in Jesus' name, [287] [288] Jesus is the reference in Christian fellowship for a religious ritual meal (the Lord's Supper; [289] in pagan cults, the reference for ritual meals is always to a ...
However, the Pauline letters clearly indicate that for Paul, Jesus was a real person (born of a woman as in Gal 4.4), a Jew ("born under the law", Romans 1.3) who had disciples (1 Corinthians 15.5), who was crucified (as in 1 Corinthians 2.2 and Galatians 3.1) and later resurrected (1 Corinthians 15.20, Romans 1.4 and 6.5, Philippians 3:10–11).
A 15th-century depiction of Jesus crucified between the two thieves. Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. [1] [2] It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthaginians, and Romans, [1] among others. Crucifixion ...
Click through to see depictions of Jesus throughout history: The discovery came after researchers evaluated drawings found in various archaeological sites in Israel.
Tacitus provides non-Christian confirmation of the crucifixion of Jesus. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Scholars view it as establishing three separate facts about Rome around AD 60: (i) that there was a sizable number of Christians in Rome at the time, (ii) that it was possible to distinguish between Christians and Jews in Rome, and (iii) that at the time ...