What's the incentive? Paul's big asset was that he was a Roman citizen which gave him a certain amount of leeway.
One of his major qualities was that obviously, he could preach quite well in Koine/Greek.
And most probably he was not able to do so in Latin or other languages - perhaps the reason why he never went to Spain, as he had originally intended (seems as though only in Rome he was told that nobody would understand Greek in Spain).
How far could he have gone to the East with Greek?
Certainly still some distance, but of course not to India ...
Thomas would just be some provincial subject. There'd be nothing to stop any local governor having him clapped in chains and executed post haste.
Well, Thomas would have done most of his preaching in Hebrew- his initial converts were among the Jews of South India. Paul, however, was much more motivated about spreading his new religion to non Jews. Since it's highly unlikely that he's going to get executed in India, he might well have a longer life and time in which to learn Tamil.
Floc, the OTL Saint Thomas Christians in India were just a division of the Jews who lived in the region and converted, or the majority of them were originary from other religions?
Call me funny but I don’t see being beheaded (Saint Paul) or Crucified upside down (Saint Peter) as being good results.
I dodged Sunday school as much as possible, even as a little tacker it’s more fun fishing for Julgies in the river than hearing about old guys in togas; but wasn’t Saint Peter the key guy to go to Rome?
I assume we are talking about the historical perspective and not about to receive a sermon from the True Believers.
One of his major qualities was that obviously, he could preach quite well in Koine/Greek.
And most probably he was not able to do so in Latin or other languages - perhaps the reason why he never went to Spain, as he had originally intended (seems as though only in Rome he was told that nobody would understand Greek in Spain).
perhaps the reason why he never went to Spain, as he had originally intended
Hmmm... Never heard THAT before. I always assumed that he preached in Latin in Rome. But that was an assumption, I can't point to any evidence.