It follows that the terrible prediction of Paul – one which unfortunately came to pass – did not exclude a subsequent reconciliation
80. In the years preceding the writing of the Letter to the Romans, because he experienced fierce opposition from many of his “relatives according to the flesh”, Paul occasionally expressed strong defensive reactions. Dt 25:3). A little later he notes what he must do in the face of danger from brothers of his race as well as from Gentiles (2 Co ,26). Læs videre “On the opposition of the Jews, Paul wrote: “From the Jews I received forty lashes minus one” (cf”