(7 of 30)   The Smithsonian Institute now has on display, newspaper clippings from ancient newspapers that validate certain events in the Bible.

Newspaper – ROME TODAY – Trying to remain positive after his arrest for converting to Christianity and teaching others to do the same, Paul writes a humorous limerick from prison that reads:

As I am sitting in my cell,
I think about my beatings in jail.
I can handle the lashes,
that have caused several gashes;
but I hate it when the biscuits are stale.