...historicity of these is very uncertain. One such writing does provide the following description of Paul: "A man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face...

...physical appearance may not have been impressive. The earliest known description of him says that he was small of stature, with a bald head and crooked legs,...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face...

...12:7-9; Gal. 4:15), or his unimpressive physical makeup (cf. Acts of Paul and Thecla y. 'a man of small stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked'), or most likely to what they regarded as a lack of a commanding presence because...

...resident of Iconium , sets out to meet Paul , who is on his way to the city. "And he saw Paul approaching, a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man , and now he had the face...

...Paul in Acts of Paul 3.3 may rest on local tradition, reflecting the impression he made in Iconium: "a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face...

...Wilhelm Schneemelcher (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965), ii, 354: "And he saw Paul coming, a man of small stature, with a bald head and crooked legs in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked." Cf. E. Schroeder, "Paul, Apostle, St." in New Catholic Encyclopedia, xi, 8:...

...tradition bears this out. A presbyter in the province of Asia during the second century described Paul as "a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness" (Acts of Paul andThecla 3). That Paul was physically impaired...

...see if he was similar to the description given by Titus. Finally he noticed Paul coming towards him: 'a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face...

...in the arena.243 Finally, we are even given a description of him. Thus it is said of him that he is 'a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he had the face...

...tendencies. For example, consider the detailed description of Paul in Acts of Paul and Thecla 3.3: "a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked...in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness; for now he appeared like a man, and now he has the face...