After his conversion, his baptism, and his miraculous cure Paul set about preaching to the Jews (Acts 9:19-20). He afterwards withdrew to Arabia -- probably to the region south of Damascus (Galatians 1:17), doubtless less to preach than to meditate on the Scriptures. On his return to ...
This is accomplished in part by contrasting the pre-conversion Saul with Stephen, the Ethiopian eunuch, and Cornelius. After his experience on the Damascus road, Paul is portrayed in ways that resemble Stephen and Peter, while Bar Jesus and the Philippian gaoler, who clearly oppose God and ...
Show the similarities and differences between tradition and revelation in Paul’s gospel. Three years after his conversion‚Paulwent to Jerusalem to meet with Cephas (Peter). He remained in Jerusalem for fifteen days. After this time‚ he also met with James‚ the Lord’s brother. It was...
Shortly after Saul converts to Christianity, Luke tells us he’s also called Paul (Acts 13:9), and for the most part the rest of the Bible refers to him as Paul. But Jesus doesn’t refer to him as Paul, and he was still called Saul 11 more times after his conversion. It’s tru...
Paul the Apostle- (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity" ...
The story begins after Paul’s conversion outside Damascus, where he is told to go first to Damascus, then to Jerusalem. It was apparently on the latter journey that the baptism of the lion took place. The next episode has Paul in Antioch (whether Syrian or Pisidian is not clear), ...
Peter goes to the house where they're praying for him and raps at the door. A servant named Rhoda goes to the door and asks who is there (after all, Herod Agrippa's poll numbers went up when he arrested Peter and executed James; it's possible someone's there to arrest them all)....
Paul himself had a vision of Christ at his conversion (Acts 22:6-11; 26:12-20; Galatians 1:15-16), had a vision that constituted his "Macedonian call" (Acts 16:9-10), and was encouraged by a vision while in Corinth some years previously (Acts 18:9-10). He contended that his ...
Between the time their skin turns gray and the time they shed, they may hide more than normal or refuse to be handled. As a result, avoid handling your lizard for three days after it has completed shedding. Keep an eye on you pet as it shed ...
his stoning and death; he held the garments of those who did the stoning (Acts 7:58). After Stephen’s death, "a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem" (Acts 8:1). Saul became determined to eradicate Christians, ruthless in his pursuit as he believed he was ...