How old was paul when he wrote romans

Answer

The apostle Paulwas probably about 60 years old when he died. By first-century standards, he lived a rather long life.

Paul was born in the city of Tarsus likely sometime in the first decade AD, and he probably died sometime in the mid- to lates, which means he would have been close to 60 years old when he died. Considering the hardships he endured and the times in which he lived, Paul would have been considered an old man at his death.

Initially, the Roman government treated Christianity as a sect of Judaism and thus usually afforded it a measure of religious liberty. But by AD 64, Emperor Nerowas aggressively persecuting and killing Christians, blaming them for setting a disastrous fire that destroyed Rome in that year. Paul may have been one of many Christians who were falsely arrested and brutally executed at that time. It is also possible that Paul was arrested in the ensuing years, “chained like a criminal” (2 Timothy ),