Paul was an Anatolian, born in the Roman city of Tarsus on the eastern Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey.
He traveled extensively in “Asia” (ie, Asia Minor, or Anatolia) spreading Jesus’s teachings.

Paul was an Anatolian, born in the Roman city of Tarsus on the eastern Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey.
He traveled extensively in “Asia” (ie, Asia Minor, or Anatolia) spreading Jesus’s teachings.