The Apostle Paul a jew turned to Christ - why don't others?
Painting by Rembrandt of Paul, one of the most notable of early Christian missionaries, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles." Paul, a Hellenistic Jew, was very influential on the shift of Christianity to Gentile dominated movement. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Even though thousands of Jewish people embraced Jesus in the early days of the Christian church (three thousand in Acts 2:41 ; at least another two thousand in Acts 4:4), some also claimed that Christians aimed to “destroy [the temple] and change the customs that Moses delivered to us” (Acts 6:14 ). Nevertheless, the first and greatest Christian missionary , a Jew himself and former Pharisee, the apostle Paul , protested that he was “saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Messiah must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles ” (Acts 26:22–23). Great Sorrow, Unceasing Anguish ...