It has been said so often that it has now become accepted as fact that, at his conversion, God changed Saul’s name to Paul to signify his new identity in Christ. It seems almost heretical to say this, but there is no evidence for that whatsoever and it is simply not true. The truth is…
In Galatians 1:17, and only in this verse, Paul tells us that he “went away into Arabia”. It’s an enigmatically brief reference and raises a number of questions; such as when did this happen, what does he mean by Arabia, what was he doing in Arabia and how long was he there for? It’s putting…