He was around 50 years old.
Another AnswerAlthough Paul's age upon conversion is not known, it can be estimated. Before his conversion Paul was named Saul, and he was a zealous Pharisee. In the jewish culture a man was not considered an adult until they were 30, and no-one could be a Pharisee unless they were 30. Christ was crucified in 32AD [dated according to Sir Robert Anderson, CI Scofield etc]. The number of followers of Christianity exploded with great impact and force, and this really upset and angered the Pharisees so much that hey tried to exterminate this new religous movement and all its adherents. After all, the Pharisees had crucified its Leader on an official charge of rebellion against Rome, and here He was back again! Because the Pharisees had declared allegiance to Rome they were fearful of Roman retribution upon themselves for not being able to keep things under control.John 19
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
When Stephen was stoned to death in 33AD [dated by Scofield] his clothing was laid at Saul's feet. Because Saul was described as a "young man" he must have been less than 30. This means the oldest he could have been then was 29 years old.
Acts 7
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him [that is, Stephen]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Acts 22
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I [now called Paul] also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
According to Scofield, Saul's conversion on the road to Damascus was in 34 AD [Scofield] , making him 30 years old.
Although this seems young, it would have been his first year as a Pharisee and he would have been trying to make as good an impression as possible to his peers. (Of course, different datings and interpretations will give different results.)
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We have two biblical sources that may tell us of Paul's conversion to Christianity - Paul's own account in his epistles, and Acts of the Apostles, written at least 60 years after the event. The two accounts are overall quite contradictory, although Acts goes into some detail that is not in the epistles. Given the considerable delay before Acts was written, it is reasonable to accept Paul's account wherever the two differ in any significant way.
Paul's account: Galatians
Paul did not say how he was converted and did not mention a vision of any sort. However, he unambiguously said that when he became a Christian he did not talk to anyone about it. Galatians provides information to estimate when Paul's conversion may have occurred. Soon after his conversion to Christianity, Paul went to Arabia (Petra), then returned and spent 3 years in Damascus, but escaped the city when the governor under Aretas, king of the Nabateans from 9 BCE to 40 CE, had a garrison deployed to arrest him because of his Christian activities. Paul's conversion could not have occurred later than the mid-thirties and was probably somewhat earlier.
Luke's account: Acts
Acts of the Apostles describes a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. Either:
Paul gives us no real information as to his age, but the considerable number of years he spent preaching the gospel suggests he was probably a reasonably young man when he became a Christian.
Acts of the Apostles often contradicts Paul's own account, but is at least in agreement that Paul would have been a young man, since it portrays him as a young man at the time of Stephen's death (Acts 7:58)
On the road to Damscus.
Probably about the year 33 or 34 AD.
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was called Saul, God struck him blind on the road to Damascus. He was converted and became a true christian.And was apostle traveled far and was a early missionary.
Although not specifically spelled out in the Bible, it is believed Paul was shunned by his parents and the community once they found he had converted to Christianity. Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles.
There is no apostle named John Paul. There is an apostle named John and another apostle named Paul.
The book of Acts tells about how the apostle Paul was a young man when he started his ministry. The Bible does not give an exact age.
Saint Paul was an apostle. He was originally a persecutor of early Christians but had a conversion experience and became one of the most influential figures in the spread of Christianity.
He called himself the Apostle to the Gentiles.
There is no apostle named John Paul. There is an apostle named John and another apostle named Paul.
Paul is one of the more significant writers of the Bible. Paul's old name was Saul before he was converted. This is irony that he is so beloved because he persecuted followers of Jesus. Paul had not actually known Jesus and he was converted on the road to Damascus. Paul wrote at least seven books of the Bible. When Paul caused a disruption in Jerusalem, he was arrested and put under 2 years of house arrest then put to death.
Around 50 years old
Paul wasn't stoned - he was beheaded.
That was Saint Paul, who believed that God had given him the authority to be an apostle even though he was not one of the original 12 and had never known Jesus. Saint Paul believed that the message of Jesus was for all people, so he converted Gentiles into the Christian community. This angered some Palestinian Christians.Paul the Apostle was known as the 'Apostle to the Gentiles.' He undertook a number of missionary journeys in which he preached to the gentiles.