Did Paul travel to Spain as his last voyage?

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Paul said he wanted to go to Spain after passing through Rome.
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The Acts of the apostles neither other letters of Paul confirm this.

-- Elpidio gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), April 30, 2003

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Romans 15:24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. (Whole Chapter: Romans 15 In context: Romans 15:23-25)

Romans 15:28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this fruit, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. (Whole Chapter: Romans 15 In context: Romans 15:27-29)

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Romans 15:24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to visit you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. (Whole Chapter: Romans 15 In context: Romans 15:23-25)

Romans 15:28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this fruit, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. (Whole Chapter: Romans 15 In context: Romans 15:27-29)

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Sorry about he Spain thread. I didn't intend Corinthians. Here is Spain.

Let's hope so.



-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), April 30, 2003.


Why did I bring this topc now?

Because of the Pope's trip to Spain in May. Look at this page from the Vatican. Pope's travels..

Can you see that after going to the Holy land (excluding Ur, birthplace of Abraham because Saddam didn't authorize the trip to Iraq), the Pope then decided to go to those place where saint paul went in his missionmary journeys.

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), April 30, 2003.


Elpidio

Are you trying to predict the future? If the pope dies after or on his journey to Spain it is because he is old. Anyway, he will die someday, probably before you or I do. What should we be concerned with here?

-- Mike H. (michael.hitzelberger@vscc.cc.tn.us), April 30, 2003.


My topic Mike H. is not whether the Pope will die now, that I dealt in another thread, but if Saint Paul went to Spain at all.

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), April 30, 2003.

Even the Muratorian Canon notices this omission of Paul journey to Spain.Muratorian Canon

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), May 01, 2003.


For so he confesses (himself) not merely an eye and ear witness, but also a writer of all the marvels of the Lord in order. But the acts of all apostles are written in one book. For the 'most excellent Theophilus' Luke summarizes the several things that in his own presence have come to pass, as also by the omission of the passion of Peter he makes quite clear, and equally by (the omission) of the journey of Paul, who from the city (of Rome) proceeded to Spain. The epistles, however, of Paul themselves make clear to those who wish to know it which there are (i.e. from Paul), from what place and for what cause they were written. First of all to the Corinthians (to whom) he forbids the heresy of schism, then to the Galatians (to whom he forbids) circumcision,

-- Elpidio Gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), May 01, 2003.

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