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Chapter 9

Conversion of Saul on the Road to Damascus.[a] Now, Saul,[b] still breathing threats and violence against the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:1 The story of Paul’s conversion is repeated twice more in this Book, with some variations in details (Acts 22:4-21; 26:9-18).
    The heart of the story is the identification of Jesus with the persecuted community of believers: The Lord can no longer be separated from his Church. Saul is given the mission of carrying the name of Jesus to Israel and the rulers of the nations.
  2. Acts 9:1 Saul: present at the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:58), he was born in Tarsus and had studied under Gamaliel (Acts 22:3).