PAUL THE SOCIALITE

Presentation by Jackson Snyder

1 Cor 9:19. Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as
many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To
those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from Gods law
but am under Christs law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to
win the weak. I have become all things to all people . . .

Paul the Gangsta

The stoning of Stephen (crown) is a gloss for the Stoning of James in 62.
Acts 7:57,58 (RSV) 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed
together upon Stephen. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid
down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
We find where Saul got his authority in chapter 9: Joseph Caiaphas (18 37).
Acts 9:1,2 (RSV) But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Master,
went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he
found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Paul has a run-in with James and the Nazoreans at the temple, resulting in the crippling of James:
Naz Acts 1:70 And when matters were at that point that they should come and be immersed, some
one of our enemies, entering the Hekel with a few men, began to cry out, and to say, What mean
you, O men of Yisrael? Why are you so easily hurried on? Why are you led headlong by most
miserable men, who are deceived by Shimon, a magician? While he was thus speaking, and adding
more to the same effect, and while Yaakov the Mevaqqre was refuting him, he began to excite the
people and to raise a tumult, so that the people might not be able to hear what was said. Therefore he
began to drive all into confusion with shouting, and to undo what had been arranged with much
labor, and at the same time to reproach the kohenim, and to enrage them with revilings and abuse,
and, like a madman, to excite everyone to murder, saying, What do you? Why do you hesitate? O
sluggish and inert, why do we not lay hands upon them, and pull all these fellows to pieces? When
he had said this, he first, seizing a strong brand from the altar, set the example of smiting. Then
others also, seeing him, were carried away with like readiness. Then ensued a tumult on either side of the beating and the beaten. Much blood is shed; there is a confused flight, in the midst of which
that enemy attacked Yaakov, and threw him headlong from the top of the steps; and supposing him
to be dead, he cared not to inflict further violence upon him.

This was authorized by Caiaphas and resulted in a mass exodus of Nazoreans from Jerusalem to
Jericho:
Naz Acts 1:71 Then before daylight we went down to Yericho, to the number of 5000 men.
Then after three days one of the brothers came to us from Gamali-El, whom we mentioned
before, bringing to us secret tidings that that enemy had received a commission from Kayafa,
the Kohen haGadol, that he should arrest all who believed in Yshua.
Later on, Paul and his brother Costabarus returned to Jerusalem to raise hell regarding the latest high
priest appointment.
Ant 20:9:4 And now Jesus, the son of Gamaliel, became the successor of Jesus, the son of Damneus,
in the high priesthood, which the king had taken from the other; on which account a sedition arose
between the high priests, with regard to one another; for they got together bodies of the boldest sort
of the people, and frequently came, from reproaches, to throwing of stones at each other. But
Ananias was too hard for the rest, by his riches, which enabled him to gain those that were most
ready to receive. Costobarus also, and Saulus, did themselves get together a multitude of wicked
wretches, and this because they were of the royal family; and so they obtained favor among them,
because of their kindred to Agrippa; but still they used violence with the people, and were very
ready to plunder those that were weaker than themselves.
Paul the Herodian and Idumean
Let us look at Paul's family tree from a Herodian / Idumean perspective: We find that Saulus is in the
direct line of Herod Antipater (d. 43 BC) by Herod the Great's sister Salome and her husband,
Costabarus, the governor of Judea. His aunt was the rich Bernice, General Titus' mistress. His blood
brother was Costabarus II, as mentioned in the Antiquities. Paul's sister was married to the Temple
treasurer Helcias 3. His nephew who tipped him off to a murder plot, as recorded in Acts 23:16, was
Julius Archelaus (Ant., 19:355 ).
Acts 23:15-19 Now the son of Pauls sister heard of their ambush; so he went and entered the
barracks and told Paul. 17 And Paul called one of the centurions and said, Take this young man to
the tribune; for he has something to tell him. 18 So he took him and brought him to the tribune and
said, Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something
to say to you.

Paul, having had a revelation, returns to his homeland:

Gal 1:16,17 He was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the

Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were
apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia . . . (read Idumea, where his entire Herodian family
originated).
Paul was persecuted when he returned to Damascus:
2 Cor 11:31 The Elohim and Father of the Master Yahshua, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I
do not lie. 32 At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order
to seize me, 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands.
One wonders if the real reason for Paul's needing to escape was because King Aretas was at war with
the Herodians over Antipas' divorce of Aretas' daughter. Josephus connects this battle, which occurred
during the winter of AD 36/37, with the beheading of John the Baptist, which occurred about the same
time.
From FormerThings.com:
His daughter Phasaelis married Herod Antipas (4 BC AD 39), otherwise known as Herod the
Tetrarch. When Herod divorced Phasaelis to take his brother's wife Herodias, mother of Salome, in
36, Phaesalis fled to her father. Relations between Herod and Aretas IV were already strained over
border disputes, and with his family honor shamed, Aretas IV invaded Judea, and captured territories
along the West Bank of the Jordan River.
In Romans 16:10, 11 Paul greets the Herodian household of Aristobulus, a close friend of the Emperor
Claudius, and the greeting including 'Herodion' his 'relative.' 'Herodion' means, 'The Littlest Herod,'
and he is referring to Herod IV, his second cousin, still a child. (See the family tree). Aristobulus is
again greeted as Eubulus ('Good Aristobulus) in:
2 Tim 4:21 Eubulus sends greetings to you . . . .
And this passage gives us a perfect segue into:
Paul the Druid
We refer now to the same verse, 2 Tim 4:21 to move into this strange social circle. Acts of the Apostles
ends anticlimactically:
Acts 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto
him, 31 Preaching the kingdom of Elohim, and teaching those things which concern the Sovereign
Yahshua Moshiach, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
It's obvious something is missing form the denouement, so now we must go to the Soninni Manuscript
of:
Acts 29:1 And Paul, full of the blessings of Messiah, and abounding in the spirit, departed out of
Rome, determining to go into Spain, for he had a long time proposed to journey thither-ward, and
was minded also to go from thence to Britain. . . . 13 And it came to pass that certain of the Druids
came unto Paul privately, and showed by their rites and ceremonies that they were descended from
the Judahites which escaped from bondage in the land of Egypt, and the Apostle believed these
things, and he gave them the kiss of peace. 14 And Paul abode in his lodgings three months
confirming in the faith and preaching Christ continually. 15 And after these things, Paul and his
brethren departed from Raphinius and sailed unto Atium in Gaul. 16 And Paul preached in the
Roman garrison and among the people, exhorting all men to repent and confess their sins. 17 And
there came to him certain of the Belgae to inquire of him of the new doctrine, and of the man Jesus;
and Paul opened his heart unto them and told them all things that had befallen him, howbeit that

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; and they departed pondering among themselves the
things which they had heard. 18 And after much preaching and toil, Paul and his fellow laborers
passed into Helvetia, and came to Mount Pontius Pilate . . . .
Tradition tells us that Yoseph Ari Matyah traveled early on to Britain in his business and had a house in
Glastonbury, where he ministered to the religious leaders of that day, the Druids. Note on the map
where Glastonbury is located in the same place as the realm of King Bran the Blessed, son of King
Lear (Llyr) (d. 36). Bran's son, Caradoc / Caracticus, was the general of British / Silurian forces
against the Roman invasion. He and his family were also converts to a new Druidism in which the
focus was back on the ancient ways, those of Israel and her Messiah, Yahshua. Many such Druids
converted under the ministry of Yoseph and the several other early pre-Roman missionaries who
missioned in Britain.

Here is a short historical account of Caradoc's fate, according to Walesonline.

Caradoc is the name of a prince who became a key figure in the resistance when the Romans
invaded in AD43. The Claudian invasion of Britain, the intervention which led to more than 350
years of Roman control, was a massive undertaking. Under the command of the general Aulus
Plautius (see him below in the family tree), four legions supported by auxiliary troops made up an
invasion force of more than 40,000 men. One of the legions was led by Titus Flavius Vespasian, who
30 years later, adopted the Jewish historian Josephus, already quoted above. Classical writers like
Cassius Dio and Cornelius Tacitus leave little doubt that the resistance was, in large part,
orchestrated by Caradoc. Caradoc was determined to carry on fighting and he moved West in an
effort to attract new support. With Roman troops moving to cut off his advance, Caradoc decided, in
the words of Tacitus, "to stake his fate on a battle." Managing to reach the high ground, the
disciplined Roman forces defeated the defenders. Although Caradoc himself escaped, among the
captives were close family members including his wife and daughter. Then Brigantian queen
Cartimandua turned him over to the Romans. Taken with his family and supporters as captives to
Rome, their fate seemed sealed. After the inevitable "triumphal procession" in the Roman capital the
almost inevitable outcome was death. However, in the event, things worked out rather differently Caradoc made a speech in front of the Emperor himself. It is preserved in Tacitus: "I had horses,
men, arms, wealth. Are you surprised I am sorry to lose them? If you want to rule the world, does it
follow that everyone else welcomes enslavement? "If I had surrendered without a blow before being
brought before you, neither my downfall nor your triumph would have become famous."

Incredibly, the speech gained Caradoc a PARDON from Emperor Claudius. He lived out the remainder
of his life in Rome. Here is his family tree:

We are looking at Caradoc ap Bran and his wife Cartismandua, their children Lleyn and Gladys
(Princess) Eurgain. All were Believers in Messiah, converted Druids by the Culdees (Hebrew
missionaries). The still considered themselves Druids. The entire family was exiled to Rome after the
war with Britain. Caradoc was to be displayed as a war criminal and executed, but his speech directed
at the Emperor Claudius won him and his family a pardon. They all lived the rest of their lives in
Rome in exile. Please notice Lleyn and Eugain Gladys. Gladys is not a name, but a title. Please notice
Eugain Gladys is also known as Claudia, her brother Lleyn as Linus. Prince Eugain (Gladys) was so
lovely, outgoing and winning that the Emperor Claudius 'adopted' her as his own and renamed her after
himself Claudia. Here is her family tree:

Aulus Plautius was the first Roman governor of Britain. His wife, a royal named Pomponia Graecina,
was a secret Nazarene. When he was recalled from Britain by Claudius, she went on trial for her faith
in a foreign super superstition, of which she was acquitted, for her husband, by Roman law, was to be
her judge in the matter.
Gladys Eugain (Claudia), the druid princess, married Rufus Pudens, an aide to Plautius and Roman
senator, in about 53 AD. They had met in Britain as enemies. When the family of Caradoc were
brought into exile in Rome, Rufus joined her. They had four children of Druid and Roman royalty:
Timotheus, Novatus, Praxedes and Pudentiana. Let us now look at 2 Timothy 4 and Romans 16 again:
2 Tim 4:21 21 Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens
and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren.

Here is Eubulus (Good Aristobulus) again, the Roman Senator Rufus Pudens, his Druid princess wife
Claudia (Gladys Eugain), and Linus (Lleyn) her brother, both children of King Caradoc of Siluria in
Britain, now in Roman exile. Linus was to serve as the second Bishop of Rome after 'Peter' and before
Clement.
Romans 16:13 Greet Rufus, eminent in the Master, also his mother and mine.
And here is a surprise! Paul and Senator Rufus Pudens were also at least half-brothers! They had the
same mother! Another perfect segue into:
Paul the Roman
Luke (Acts 21:39) claims Paul was a Roman citizen. Seeing as how he was a Herodian and very close
with the royal Claudian dynasty which was in collusion with Rome, this is a certainly. He was
intimately involved with Claudius' adopted Druid daughter, the blood daughter of Caradoc, King of the
Silurians; this made quite clear above. And he was also intimately involved with her husband, Rufus
Pudens, a Roman senator. All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household, he writes
in Phil 4:22. In addition, Paul speaks at length about his secretary Epaphroditus / os / Epaphras in Phil
2:25ff, Col 1:7 & Phil 23. There was only one prominent person with this name at that time.
Epaphroditus was also the secretary, scribe and personal manager for Nero, Vespasian, Titus and
Domitian. Epaphroditus assisted Nero the Beast with his suicide in 68 AD. [Nero] still could not
bring himself to take his own life but instead he forced his private secretary, Epaphroditus, to perform
the task
But Paul was also on intimate terms with the next Roman dynasty, the Flavians. Note his association
with Titus Flavius Clemens (Clemens) in
Phil 4:3: 3 And I ask you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they have labored side by
side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names
are in the book of life.
Clement was the third (or fourth) Bishop of Rome and cousin to Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasian.
Clement is the supposed author of the Nazarene Acts and the letter of Clement (1st). We would also
imagine that Paul was intimate with Vespasian's brother, the City Manager of Rome, Titus Flavius
Sabinus, since this may be the 'Theophilus' that Luke addresses in the Gospel and Acts. ('Theophilis' is
in code, T F S = Sabinus.) And since we can definitely make parallels between Luke / Acts and
Antiquities of the Jews, we must also conclude that Paul knew Titus Flavius Josephus, the Jewish
historian, adopted into the Imperial family after doing service for the Roman generals during the Jewish
War of 66 73. As we wrote about earlier, Josephus even wrote about 'Saul' and his brother, calling
them ringleaders of a riot in Jerusalem in 68 70 AD. (By the way, Saul is mentioned directly after
Josephus describes the stoning of James, the Master's brother.)
Finally, there are a series of letter existing, spurious or not, between Paul and Seneca,
We let us leave Paul the Roman having explored at least the tip of the iceberg.
Paul the Anti-Semitic Anti-Pharisaical Pharisee
Let this be our swan song for celebrating Paul the Socialite. It is commonly known that Paul was a
Jew. But was he? We have already shown that he was an Arab / Idumean; and according to several
sources, the Idumeans and Jews despised each other. In Phil 3:5,6, he tells us he is a Hebrew,
Benjamite and Pharisee, and Acts 24 gives us crucial information if it is found to be true:
Acts 24:1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a
spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor (Titus Alexander, Philo's nephew?) their

case against Paul; 2 and when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: 5 We have
found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a
ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. 6 He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.[a]
8 By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him about everything of which we
accuse him. 9 The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all this was so.
The lawyer Tertullus accuses Paul of several crimes. An agitator among Jews; the accusation
cooperates with the activities of Saul and Costabarus, rabble-rousers, in the Josephus account above. A
ringleader of the 'heresy' or the Nazoreans: the latter considered, even as some modern historians do,
that the Nazarenes were a sect of Galilean Zealots or, as Josephus would put it, Innovators of the
Fourth Philosophy. A profaner of the Temple: in the three nets of Belial from the Scrolls, the third net
is a profaner of the Temple. The assumption is that Paul was tricked by James into taking his
uncircumcised Greek friends into the Temple; the result of which was indeed a riot (Acts 24?), in which
Paul only escaped a murder plot by going to the Romans and claiming his citizenship. Acts make the
incident out to be one of Paul's innocence, but if he were a Pharisee and more learned than his peers, he
would have known something like this would happen.
In 2 Cor 11:13ff, Paul tells about how many times he was whipped and otherwise chastised in a
warning about false apostles. It is evident that he is talking about none other than the disciples of the
Master, and especially about Peter, James and John. At this point, Paul puts himself outside of
normative Nazorean Judaism. This is made even more evident in Gal 1:11-17, where Paul describes an
incident in Antioch in which he has a falling out with these super-apostles, and makes a turn from
Torah to live among the Gentiles, including Greeks, Idumeans, Romans and Druids. In several ancient
texts (like Naz Acts), he is considered the personal enemy of the 'orthodox' disciples and indeed a
'heretic,' as Tertullus declared.
At this point let us turn back to the opening quotation from this essay:
1 Cor 9:19. Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as
many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became
like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) 21 To those not having the law I
became like one not having the law . 22 I have become all things to all people . . . .
And that concludes the story of Paul The Socialite.