Paul had himself arrested by the Romans to be rescued from a crowd which wanted to kill him when he appeared at the the Temple in Jerusalem. The arrest involved some Roman soldiers, but not a whole legion.
It was Paul of Tarsus that traveled and spread Christianity.
His father was a Roman citizen. The Romans gave out Roman citizenship sparsely in the East, as those living in Greek-style cities already had citizenship of their city. So Paul's father must have rendered some special service to a Roman grandee in order to get it. Interestingly Paul came from Tarsus, the centre of the Mithras cult, so this might explain the need for his Damascus Road revelation.
I believe it was St. Paul, originally called Saul of Tarsus.
By sharing the Gospel to non-jews (called gentiles)
Paul's Roman citizenship saved his life and probably enabled him to do further missionary work. When Paul returned to Jerusalem from his third missionary journey, he was accused of having preached against Jewish law and to having introduced a gentile into the perimeter of the Jewish Temple. This was not true. However it was a serious charge. A crowd wanted to lynch him. A Roman tribune (a military officer) rescued him and took him the the fortress. The tribune was about to flog Paul, but he told him he was a Roman citizen. The tribune arranged a trial and Paul was acquitted. When the tribune heard of a plot to kill Paul, he had him transferred to a prison in Caesarea with a letter saying that there were not charges which warranted death or imprisonment. Some Jews presented accusations to the Roman governor in Caesarea, who neither sentenced not released Paul. Paul remained in custody, enjoying relative freedom until the end of the governor's term two years later. A new trial was demanded from the new governor, who also sat of the fence. Paul exercised his right as a Roman citizen to appeal to the emperor. He was sent to Rome for the emperor to her the appeal. In Rome he was put under house arrest. What Paul did in Rome is not known. It seems that the Roman authorities were lenient and that he was freed. Paul's Epistle to the Romans says that he was going to go to Spain. His pastoral epistles, whose authorship is disputed, have given rise to the hypothesis of a journey to the east. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1911) endorsed both hypotheses (journey to Spain and Journey to the east).
he told the officer thhat he was a roman citizen by birth
St. Paul was from the city of Tarsus which was the chief city of the Cilician plain, it was the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia, which was a Roman province. St. Paul died in Rome itself.
Yes. See Acts 21:39 and Acts 22:25-29. Paul was born in Tarsus and was also a Roman citizen by birth. (if you are looking for an answer from that century, that is.....:)
Paul of Tarsus was most likely beheaded by the Romans during one of Emperor Nero's persecutions.
It was Paul of Tarsus that traveled and spread Christianity.
Saul of Tarsus. He was later known as Paul: Acts 13:9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
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It was in Tarsus.
Paul was from the town or Tarsus which today is in Turkey.
No, Paul never did marry.
Paul of Tarsus ministered to the gentiles for about 13-14 years during his missionary journeys, spreading the teachings of Christianity to various regions in the Roman Empire.