tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post2237099410076375085..comments2024-03-08T18:04:37.943-08:00Comments on Paul and co-workers: How Saul-Paul got his namesRichard Fellowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-48104479808496332232023-01-06T00:40:42.186-08:002023-01-06T00:40:42.186-08:00The name Paul was changed when he was on the way t...The name Paul was changed when he was on the way to destroy the disapuls of Jesus and Saul he has to follow them to Jerusalem along the way Jesus appear as the holy ghost and Saul saw the light and the voice was coming out out of light and is where the name of Saul change to name Paul<br />ShalomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-39104229137997724172013-08-06T14:31:29.766-07:002013-08-06T14:31:29.766-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005622238782175263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-6629494506019440992012-07-01T15:05:04.662-07:002012-07-01T15:05:04.662-07:00Thanks Chuck. It is possible that Sergius Paulus h...Thanks Chuck. It is possible that Sergius Paulus had a larger role in the naming of Paul than I suggested, and perhaps Sergius adopted Saul.Richard Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-83049671526475956392012-07-01T05:46:52.060-07:002012-07-01T05:46:52.060-07:00(sorry, in the first quote of the second large par...(sorry, in the first quote of the second large paragraph of my comment, it should read "it is now known..." not "it is not known..."Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442808810396141836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-25809664448992860282012-07-01T05:45:42.396-07:002012-07-01T05:45:42.396-07:00Have you read Paul Barnett's *Jesus and the Ri...Have you read Paul Barnett's *Jesus and the Rise of Early Christianity*? He argues (in section 14.3, 277ff) thus:<br /><br />"In Cyprus Saul deliberately went to the provincial capital Paphos where, arguably, he positioned himself to minister to the Roman proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who became his major Gentile convert. From an eminent family, L. Sergius Paulus was previously a Roman senator who was later to become a consul of Rome in the early years of the emperor Vespasian. As a mark of the proconsul's greatness, Saul now adopted the cognomen *Paulus*, an uncommon Roman name. Saul would probably not have done this except with the goodwill of the eminent L. Sergius Paulus."<br /><br />Barnett goes on to point out that "it is not known that the family of L. Sergius Paulus, though of Italian descent, had for some generations been domiciled in Pisidian Antioch" and hypothesizes that Paul travelled from Cyprus to Pisidian Antioch (via Perga, Acts 13:13-14) because of the smooth path into this Roman colony that letters of introduction to some of its elite would have afforded. Barnett suggests that "Paul may have changed his name at this juncture [in Cyprus], not only to mark the conversion of Sergius Paulus, the first Roman governor to embrace the faith of Christ, but also to acknowledge the patronage and protection of the Paulii family in Pisidia." (279)Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442808810396141836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-58962449451480859482012-05-01T04:16:02.362-07:002012-05-01T04:16:02.362-07:00You make this way too difficult.
First, Paul wa...You make this way too difficult. <br /><br />First, Paul was never called "Paul". "Paul" is an anglicized version of the Greek "Paulos", which is what Paul called himself 100% of the time in his own writings. Greek was the language of the literate.<br /><br />The spoken language of the Jewish populace in Palestine was Aramaic, a close cousin of ancient Hebrew. The Hebrew/Aramaic version of his name was "Saul". Thus, in Palestinian Jewish circles, he was Saul; in Greek speaking circles; he was Paulos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860023273901948907.post-75429990225060148872012-04-29T22:19:38.728-07:002012-04-29T22:19:38.728-07:00I should have mentioned that Luke uses the name &q...I should have mentioned that Luke uses the name "Saul" consistently for events that occurred prior to Acts 13:9. He calls him "Saul" even at Acts 22:7,13; 26:14 which concern Saul's conversion. Luke calls him "Paul" consistently for all events that happened after the encounter with Bar-Jesus, even in Antioch and Jerusalem (Acts 15:2, 12, 22, 25, 35, 36, 38, 40 and through chapters 21-26), where he had previously been called "Saul". He is even called "Paul" in Judea by Jews (Acts 23:14) and by his nephew (Acts 23:20). Even an angel calls him "Paul" (Acts 27:24). It is chronology, not geography or ethnicity that determines whether he is called "Saul" or "Paul". This confirms that he became "Paul" in Paphos and that he rejected the name "Saul" thereafter.Richard Fellowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777460488456330838noreply@blogger.com