Born Saul in Tarsus, a Pharisee and Roman citizen who zealously persecuted Christians. On the road to Damascus a blinding light knocked him down and he heard Jesus ask 'Why do you persecute me?' He was converted and became the Apostle to the Gentiles. He undertook three missionary journeys across the Roman Empire, founded churches throughout Asia Minor, Greece, and beyond, and wrote at least thirteen New Testament letters. He was imprisoned multiple times and tradition holds he was executed in Rome.
Relationships
CompanionBarnabasCompanion on first missionary journey
Co-workerPriscillaTentmaker and co-worker in Corinth and Ephesus
Co-workerAquilaTentmaker and co-worker in Corinth and Ephesus
CommendedPhoebeServant of the church at Cenchreae, commended to the believers in Rome
RelativeJuniaGreeted in Romans 16 as his kin and fellow prisoner
Co-workerLukeBeloved physician and fellow worker, his only companion when he wrote to Timothy
Co-workerMarkHelper he once refused to take, later a useful fellow worker
DiscipleTitusGreek companion left by Paul in Crete to appoint elders
Co-workerPhilemonBeloved fellow worker asked to receive Onesimus as a brother
CommendedOnesimusBondservant he called his child and sent back as a beloved brother
TeacherGamalielPharisee and teacher of the law at whose feet Paul was brought up
Hosted byPhilip (evangelist)The evangelist, one of the seven, whose house in Caesarea received Paul
ContemporaryPeterEntrusted with the gospel to the circumcised, as Paul was to the uncircumcised
AdversaryStephenStoned while Paul, then called Saul, stood by and kept the killers' garments
Hosted byLydiaSeller of purple, baptized with her household, who prevailed on him to stay
Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Acts 7:58
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.Acts 7:58, KJV
Acts 9:1
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,Acts 9:1, KJV
Acts 13:9
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,Acts 13:9, KJV
Acts 22:3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.Acts 22:3, KJV
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,Romans 1:1, KJV
Galatians 1:13
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:Galatians 1:13, KJV
See how Paul connects to every other figure in Scripture.