Drich Wrote:Paul died in 64 ADWell... how convenient that you have decided to rely on Church tradition... By the same token, Church tradition says Peter died in 64AD as well. As you said though, this still isn't enough to prove my point right.
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
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
http://www.biblestudy.org/question/sauldie.html
Clearly no one knows when they died, so I'm not entirely convinced that Luke essentially isn't referring to Mark because Church tradition doesn't count for much (I'm planning on starting a thread on this) and there isn't any secular evidence for when they died. We can't know exactly if your view or mine is correct.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
