Did the apostle Paul visit Rome?

Answer 1

A:We do not really know where Paul died. A second-century Christian tradition does say that Emperor Nero had Paul executed in Rome. However, Clement of Rome, writing around 95 CE (1 Clement), ought to have known if this had been the case but seems to have believed that Paul went to the 'west' (Spain) and lived out his remaining years there.

Answer 2

Yes, The Bible book of Acts records Paul's trip to Rome. Starting in chapter 27, Paul sets sail for Rome and concluding in Chapter 28, Paul spends two years preaching there.

(Acts 28:30, 31) 30 So he remained there for an entire two years in his own rented house, and he would kindly receive all those who came to him, 31 preaching the Kingdom of God to them and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with the greatest freeness of speech, without hindrance.

Thirdly, when Paul wrote the letter to the Romans (the Bible book of Romans), he was writing to the Christians he had met while in Rome.

(Romans 1:11, 12) 11 For I am longing to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift to you for you to be made firm; 12 or, rather, that we may have an interchange of encouragement by one another's faith, both yours and mine.

Answer 3

2000 years of tradition have Paul beheaded in Rome under the reign of Emperor Nero. Ignatius of Antioch wrote about the year 110 that Paul had been martyred in Rome but does not mention the method used to execute him. Beheading was the normal method used for Roman citizens and that tradition has been with the Church since the earliest years. The Acts of the Apostles, which follows the lives of Peter and Paul especially, makes no mention of the deaths of either apostle. It also does not mention the destruction of Jerusalem in the year AD 70 so most historians believe now that it was written before the death of Saint Paul.

Answer 4

A second-century Christian tradition asserts that Paul was executed in Rome, but there is no evidence to support this. Paul, in his epistles, tells us little about what happened to him in Rome, and even Acts of the Apsostles is silent on the subject. We do not really know what, if anything, happened to Paul in Rome.

Answer 5

Acts of the Apostles would certainly say Paul went to Rome, although as a prisoner. In this account, Paul was given remarkable freedom, so would have met some of the Christians in Rome. However, doubts have been expressed about the historicity of Acts of the Apostles.

In his Epistle to the Romans, Paul expressed the intention to visit Rome on route to Spain. In around 96 CE, probably long before Acts of the Apostles was written, Clement of Rome wrote that Paul went to preach in the west, which implies he probably did fulfil his intention and visit Rome on the way to Spain. It is, of course, possible that Clement had no real knowledge of this and simply assumed that, because Paul had planned to visit Rome, he really did do so.

Answer 6

yes he was imprisoned there, and actually went before Caesar himself... Here he wrote...

(Acts 28:19) But when the Jews kept speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar.