would especially be instrumental in taking this message of the Messiah to the non-Jewish world of the first century. As with any Jew of his time (and still today), Sha’ul received two names at birth: a Hebrew name plus a name of the common language of his community. Sha’ul is clearly his given Hebrew name that he would have used in the Jewish community, especially in Israel. Some commentators believe in Acts 13:9 that Sha’ul took the name Paul (Greek Paulos) to prove his “conversion” to a new religion
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