It had to come one day and here it is, The Story of Paul III the Final Years . This book was much harder to write than I thought it would be. The reason being, there are so few historical facts to work with. Luke writes about Paul in his final chapters of The Acts of the Apostle . Yet his main purpose for writing is to show how the Gospel was taken to Rome rather than the events of Paul’s life. Luke gives us fascinating details particularly when he was personally present, such as in the shipwreck on the Island of Malta. He neatly concludes Acts with Paul a free man in Rome. Traditions of the church claim Paul was beheaded by Nero in Rome. Fanciful legend says his head bounced three times and three fountains miraculously appeared out of the ground. But was he beheaded? Indeed, was he beheaded in Rome even? For information of Paul’s death, we are dependent on early traditions from the second and third century, about when, where, and how. Nothing is certain. In reality, solid evidence