I think you mean Paul/Saul of Tarsus. There is no "Paul the Baptist." John the Baptist died before Jesus did. Paul of Tarsus was certainly one of the most influ

I think you mean Paul/Saul of Tarsus. There is no "Paul the Baptist." John the Baptist died before Jesus did. Paul of Tarsus was certainly one of the most influential of the very early Christians, but by all accounts, Christianity has already taken off before he joined and already had an organized leadership.