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A Ghanaian lady apostle, Bianca Grootfaam, who claims to have spent a decade of her life in prison, has shared a touching ...

Roma, 67 AD. After the great fire that burnt a great part of the city, Emperor Nero points Paul, Jesus' apostle, as guilty of the fire, arresting him and taking him to Mamertine Prison.

Brem said the Apostle Paul was very intelligent and well-educated, a leading Pharisee who had guarded the coats of the men who stoned the saintly Stephen to death in Acts 7:54-60-8:1.