||Learned in the Jewish Scriptures and Pharisaic traditions,
mostly in the synagogue; informal education from traveling philosophers
||Greek (though never skilled at penmanship), with some
knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic and Latin
||Apostle of Jesus Christ
||By a resurrection appearance of Jesus Christ
To establish congregations of believers in the gentile
world (acknowledged by a council of the apostles in Jerusalem)
|Areas of operation:
||Eastern Mediterranean: Arabia, Syria, Cilicia
Asia Minor: Galatia, Asia (Ephesus)
Macedonia (Philippi, Thessalonica)
|Planned area of operation:
|Primary means of transportation:
||On foot; by sea
|Principal means of communication with
Messages sent by apostolic associates, Timothy and Titus
||Far more imprisonments than he might have wished, or than
his adversaries could boast.
||Raising funds from gentile congregations for relief of
believers in Jerusalem.
|Vigorous, but chronic problem of recurrent pain.