Travels of the Apostle Paul

The travels of the Apostle Paul dated between around 50 -60 A.D. The travels of the Apostle Paul were documented in his own letters called the epistles. The last travel of the Apostle Paul to the Holy Land or Jerusalem was around 58 A.D. More about the travels of the Apostle Paul is found in Missionary Journey of the Apostle Paul.

The last of the travels of the Apostle Paul to Jerusalem

Somewhere around the year 58 A.D., Paul the Apostle made his last visit to the Holy Land. The Apostle Paul traveled to Jerusalem with a collection of funds gathered among the Gentiles to help the Jerusalem's poor, but Paul himself suspected the visit was a dangerous one.

In a letter written before Paul the Apostle travelled, he expressed his fear that Jews in Jerusalem wouldn't welcome him and might not even be able to accept his collection. It seems he was right on both counts. In fact, he was arrested. The arrest occurred when he was mistakenly accused of bringing a Gentile into the inner court of the temple, beyond the barriers that excluded them.

During the travels of the Apostle Paul

The charge was inciting a riot. The riot, however, was directed against Apostle Paul and the arrest was made partly to protect him from mob violence. Paul the Apostle was treated well while imprisoned but when a plot against his life surfaced, he was moved to Roman military headquarters in Caesarea.

Two years later, still in prison, Apostle Paul heard he was to have a trial in Jerusalem, a trial he knew would never give him a fair chance. St. Paul the Apostle claimed his rights as a Roman citizen to appeal to the Emperor, and so somewhere around 60 A.D. he was sent in chains for trial to Rome, suffering a shipwreck on the way. In Rome Paul the Apostle was put under house arrest but he was allowed to continue his ministry among the visitors to his cell. Paul the Apostle also continued to write his famous and invaluable letters.

More travels of the Apostle Paul

Apostle Paul remained in Rome for two years and then was released. There were two reports that Apostle Paul traveled to Spain, where he was arrested yet again. It's said Apostle Paul was then sent back to Rome, where he was sentenced to death under the Emperor Nero, somewhere around 65 A.D., when he was probably in his early 60's. Most scholars accept that he was executed and became a Christian martyr. Paul's tomb and shrine are at the basilica of St. Paul's, in Rome. But his lasting monument is the worldwide acceptance of Christianity.