FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: No Israelite was ever named Paul
FALSETHE ANSWER
Paul was Saul of Tarsus, a Jew: 'of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews' (Philippians 3:5). Paulus was his Roman name, common among Jews in the empire.
SOURCE
Philippians 3:5; Acts 13:9; Britannica, 'Saint Paul'
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