jailed & Beheaded
Paul suffered a great deal in spreading the word of the Lord. He, like the other Apostles, were disliked by most of the Jews because they openly and publicly taught that Jesus was the Son of God.
At the end of his third missionary journey, Paul was arrested by the Roman authorities in Jerusalem after the Jews started a murderous riot because of his presence there. They accused him of being a man "who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place" (Acts 21:28 RSV). The letter to the Philippians is one of those (like Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon) that was written while Paul was in this captivity.
It was in Rome that Paul suffered martyrdom. By order of the Emperor Nero, Paul was beheaded with a sword AD 64. His beheading was but the culmination of a life of sacrifice "poured out as a drink offering" to his Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:6).
At the end of his third missionary journey, Paul was arrested by the Roman authorities in Jerusalem after the Jews started a murderous riot because of his presence there. They accused him of being a man "who is teaching men everywhere against the people and the law and this place" (Acts 21:28 RSV). The letter to the Philippians is one of those (like Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon) that was written while Paul was in this captivity.
It was in Rome that Paul suffered martyrdom. By order of the Emperor Nero, Paul was beheaded with a sword AD 64. His beheading was but the culmination of a life of sacrifice "poured out as a drink offering" to his Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 2:6).