ul's 'second imprisonment' in Rome was still in the future, and it was the worst of all.
THE FIRST AND SECOND ROMAN IMPRISONMENTS OF PAUL
Without Paul, Christianity as we know it today might not have survived. For Paul was the great missionary of the early Christian Church. Paul spent considerable time traveling throughout the Mediterranean world and visiting a multitude of Christian communities. His letters were addressed to those Christian groups or churches and contain some of the great
teachings and sermons of the early Christian movement. Archibald M. Hunter states concerning Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea and his transfer to Rome for trial: "'I must see Rome also,' Paul had once said (Acts 19:21). His wish was now to be fulfilled, though in circumstances far other than he had expected. En route for Rome, the ship carrying him ran
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