An Early Description of Paul
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The word “Paul” in Greek literally means “small,” or “little.”2 The earliest physical description we have of Paul comes from The Acts of Paul and Thecla, a second-century apocryphal writing that describes the apostle as “a man of small stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face of an angel.”3 Although written many years after his death, these words may well reflect an authentic tradition about Paul’s actual likeness. More
George, Timothy. Galatians. Vol. 30. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994. Print. The New American Commentary.
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