[Long Jon No Silver]

I should add that Tarsus predates the Greco Roman world. But it was Roman at the time a young Jew called Saul came into the world

[EliRoom8]

Thank you. Paul was no more a Turk than Jesus was. Paul’s Roman citizenship was very helpful during his ministry. I can think of possibly three times he relied upon it. Of course, his quick death of beheading was granted to Roman citizenry over the long ordeal of a painful crucifixion.