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1 | Was Paul Eloquent? | Ex 4:10 | mincc | 26969 | ||
I heard a Bible teacher say that Paul was not very eloquent in speech. Can anyone give me scripture to support this point? |
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2 | Was Paul Eloquent? | Ex 4:10 | jlpangilinan | 26970 | ||
The person that you mention was MOSES: Ex 4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.1 2 Paul has best education in his life, a teacher a lawyer at the same time. Paul Saul was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy "for use in the Gentile world," as "Saul" would be his Hebrew home-name. He was a native of Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, a Roman province in the south-east of Asia Minor. That city stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, which was navigable thus far; hence it became a centre of extensive commercial traffic with many countries along the shores of the Mediterranean, as well as with the countries of central Asia Minor. It thus became a city distinguished for the wealth of its inhabitants. Tarsus was also the seat of a famous university, higher in reputation even than the universities of Athens and Alexandria, the only others that then existed. Here Saul was born, and here he spent his youth, doubtless enjoying the best education his native city could afford. His father was of the straitest sect of the Jews, a Pharisee, of the tribe of Benjamin, of pure and unmixed Jewish blood (Ac 23:6; Php 3:5). We learn nothing regarding his mother; but there is reason to conclude that she was a pious woman, and that, like-minded with her husband, she exercised all a mother influence in moulding the character of her son, so that he could afterwards speak of himself as being, from his youth up, "touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" (Php 3:6). We read of his sister and his sister's son (Ac 23:16), and of other relatives (Ro 16:7,11-12). Though a Jew, his father was a Roman citizen. How he obtained this privilege we are not informed. "It might be bought, or won by distinguished service to the state, or acquired in several other ways; at all events, his son was freeborn. It was a valuable privilege, and one that was to prove of great use to Paul, although not in the way in which his father might have been expected to desire him to make use of it." Perhaps the most natural career for the youth to follow was that of a merchant. "But it was decided that...he should go to college and become a rabbi, that is, a minister, a teacher, and a lawyer all in one." |
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3 | Was Paul Eloquent? | Ex 4:10 | Jensen | 27069 | ||
The question was on Paul...Not Moses... This is a nice exposition but has nothing to do with the eloquence of Paul. Why not just say that many Bible teachers say stupid, unfouded, unsubstantiated things. :) The fact is that the teacher mentioned does not know. He may have heard it on TBN late some night. The fact that Paul was educated does not mean that he was eloquent. You may want to look up the definition. You have also directly quoted from a source without giving credit to the source. I can tell because I have read some of your other posts. Give credit where credit is due...I'm sure it was just an oversight :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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4 | Was Paul Eloquent? | Ex 4:10 | Hank | 27072 | ||
Oh well, Jensen, you know how it is! Ask a question on the forum about a fish and, sure enough, someone will tell you about a serpent!..... Happy Easter. Or should it be, Merry Christmas? :-) --Hank | ||||||