Tammuz 29, 5784; from sunset August 3, 2024, to sunset August 4, 2024
This is the name Saul (Saulos) from the ancient Greek text.
Though this information is not included in the Bible, we are remembering the death of Paul of Tarsus. According to the Book of the Bee, today is the anniversary of his death.
From his call to the end of his life was thirty-five years; he went about in every place for thirty-one years; for two years he was in prison at Caesarea, and for two years at Rome. He was martyred in the thirty-sixth year after the Passion of our Lord, and was laid with great honour in the magnificent royal catacombs in Rome. They celebrate every year the day of his commemoration on the twenty-ninth of the month of Tammuz. – Book of the Bee 48
The Book of the Bee is an historical theological compilation containing numerous Biblical legends. It was written by Solomon of Akhlat, a Syrian Nestorian Bishop of Bassora (Basrah) around 1222. It records the date of the death of Paul of Tarsus and relates the strange story of how Paul’s body was beheaded and then miraculously reassembled. You can read the entire account at this link: https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bb/bb48.htm (perform a search for “Paul” – as the verses are not numbered).
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