Les Feldick Bible Study

Did Paul tell his converts in Asia Minor to attend the temple?

No, Paul did not direct his new converts in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, to attend the temple. During his missionary journeys he had nothing to do with the temple. Instead, he established small congregations of believers in homes, not directing them to the temple.

Les explains that although the temple remained the center of Jewish life and the early Jerusalem believers continued daily in it, Paul's missionary journeys were different. Paul had nothing to do with the temple in his missionary journeys. He did not tell his new converts in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, to be sure and get to the temple the first chance they got. Instead, Paul set up little congregations of believers in homes, small little groups of believers. Les notes this contrast, even though Paul later might take a Jewish vow and become an orderly Jew.