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Amen Peter. So many still need to hear and understand the truth of God's Word. John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I pray Holy Spirit will open the spiritual eyes and ears of the world that they will become open to the truth. Blessings upon you Peter as we travel the final week of 2018. I pray you had a blessed Christmas.

Yes, Maggie, and it was the first time the Jewish religious nincompoops didn't try to murder him, God bless

Hi Henry. We had to research this in Bible College. Below are some commentaries I found interesting. See you in Romans! Bruno The Bible does not tell us the exact time or manner of the apostle Paul's death, however, evidence highly suggests the apostle Paul's death occurred after his fifth missionary journey ended in 67 A.D. Paul was likely beheaded by the Romans, under Emperor Nero, sometime around May or June of 68 A.D. Nero himself died by suicide on June 9th of the same year. Christian tradition also has Paul being behead in Rome around the mid 60s A.D. during the reign of Nero. Most Bible dictionaries and some commentaries can give us details on the traditions surrounding Paul's death. The following are examples: It is commonly believed that, when a general persecution was raised against the Christians by Nero, about A.D. 64, under pretence that they had set Rome on fire, both St. Paul and St. Peter then sealed the truth with their blood. Other writers have been more particular concerning his death: they say that it was not by the command of Nero that he was martyred, but by that of the prefects of the city, Nero being then absent; that he was beheaded at Aquae Salviae, about three miles from Rome, on February 22; that he could not be crucified, as Peter was, because he was a freeman of the city of Rome. The following excerpt is from The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, First Edition, article "Paul the Apostle": "Christianity is no longer a religion under the shelter of Judaism. It is now a crime to be a Christian. It is dangerous to be seen with Paul now, and he feels the desertion keenly (2Timothy 1:15ff; 4:10). Only Luke, the beloved physician, is with Paul (2Timothy 4:11), and such faithful ones as live in Rome still in hiding (2Timothy 4:21). "Paul hopes that Timothy may come and bring Mark also (2Timothy 4:11). Apparently Timothy did come and was put into prison (Hebrews 13:23). Paul is not afraid. He knows that he will die. He has escaped the mouth of the lion (2Timothy 4:17), but he will die (2Timothy 4:18). The Lord Jesus stood by him, perhaps in visible presence (2Timothy 4:17). "The tradition is, for now Paul fails us, that Paul, as a Roman citizen, was beheaded on the Ostian Road just outside of Rome. Nero died June, 68 A.D., so that Paul was executed before that date, perhaps in the late spring of that year (or 67). Perhaps Luke and Timothy were with him. It is fitting, as Findlay suggests, to let Paul's words in 2Timothy 4:6-8 serve for his own epitaph. He was ready to go to be with Jesus, as he had long wished to be (Philippians 1:23)"

Thank you Bruno. Your sure did do your research. And I appreciate you citing the source, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. That's something I'll keep an eye out for in the future. May God bless you with continued success in your studies.