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ruling class of nobility or title |
aristocracy |
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belonging to the whole world; not national or local |
cosmopolitan |
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easily irritated; inclined to anger |
choleric |
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producing abundant works |
prolific |
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Paul was also known as |
Saul. |
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The earliest residents of Paul's home town of Tarsus were probably |
tarsians |
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Tarsus was considered a great |
center of learning. |
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Paul purchased his |
Greek citizenship |
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Saul was from the city of |
Tarsus from Cilicia's capital |
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Roman citizenship protected Paul from |
injustices and speedy travel to any distant land under Roman rule. |
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Paul used his |
Roman citizenship to escape his Choose... Jewish persecutors.
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Paul's trade, tent-making, quickly became merely part of his past, once he began his |
2nd missionary journey |
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Saul persecuted Christians beyond Jerusalem, having obtained official letters from the |
high priest to do so. |
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Saul was a proud, arrogant |
pharisee |
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Paul told Timothy that God showed him mercy because he persecuted |
the Son of God in ignorance and unbelief |
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Paul called himself " |
the least of all saints" because his violent temperament had driven him to murderous acts against the Christians of his day. |
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Saul appears to have had |
a hard-going nature |
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More than any other group, Jesus denounced the sect of the: |
Pharisees |
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When the Lord spoke to him, Saul was on the way to: |
Damascus |
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Christians at this time were known as followers of: |
the Way |
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Paul's mission was to be a witness especially to the: |
Gentiles |
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Who was instructed by the Lord to lay hands on Saul to restore his sight? |
Agrippa |
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What did the Lord Jesus tell Saul to do when he was stopped on the road to Damascus? |
Go into the city and you will be told what to do there. |
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Based on your assigned Bible reading, what explanation did Ananias give to Saul for why he had come. |
Jesus had sent him. |
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few years after his conversion |
Paul began to preach. |
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Because of persecution, Paul fled from |
Damascus to Jerusalem. |
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From Jerusalem Paul fled to the city of |
Antioch. |
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At Antioch the Holy Spirit spoke through prophets concerning Paul's |
missionary journeys and future ministry. |
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Along with Barnabas , |
Paul first began missionary journeys throughout the Roman world. |
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Although Paul's commission was mainly to the |
Gentiles , he showed unselfish love toward his own people, the Jews . |
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On his missionary journeys Paul |
entered the synagogue of each new city first, before preaching to the Gentiles. |
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It was mainly the Believers who persecuted Paul and turned the |
Gentiles against him |
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Paul considered the Jews to have a place ahead of the Gentiles because of their |
privileges as a people |
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In Rome, Paul testified before the |
emperor |
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In Jerusalem, Paul gave witness in the Temple before the |
religious council |
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At Caesarea, Paul spoke before the |
Gentile rulers . |