This aligns with his conversion and commission on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19). Paul's role as an apostle is crucial, as he is a foundational figure in the early church, tasked with spreading the Gospel to the Gentiles (Galatians 1:15-16). His authority is further affirmed in ...
I got letters from them to take to our Jewish brothers in the city of Damascus. I was going there to put the Christians in chains and bring them to Jerusalem where they would be beaten. The Change in Paul’s Life on the Damascus Road 6 “I was near Damascus. All at once, about ...
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, ...
12“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.13About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.14We all fell to the ground, and I ...
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ...
Paul shares this so the Galatians can see that his previous devotion to traditional Judaism had been thorough -- and to contrast it with his experience of Jesus Christ appearing to him! Jesus struck him to the ground outside of Damascus, where he had gone to arrest more Christians. ...
12“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.13About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.14We all fell to the ground, and I ...
27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Paul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus, what the Lord had said to him, and all about his powerful preaching in the name of Jesus. 28 Then they accepted him, and after that he was constantly with the believers 29...
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, ...
12“On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.13About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, bl...