(Acts 9:36.) In about AD 10, Sauls family moved to Jerusalem. A Christian leader in Damascus by the name of Ananias laid his hands on Saul, and at once the one-time persecutor of the Christians received back his sight. Saul had greatly persecuted the church. on the Road to Damascus What happened to Paul is important for all Christians. Since Jesus already had ascended to heaven, did He come back for a He was born to Jewish parents who possessed Roman citizenship, a coveted privilege that their son would also possess. So Ananias left and entered the house, and he laid his hands on Saul and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came [to Damascus], has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit [in order to proclaim Christ to both Jews and Gentiles]. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, " Saul , Saul , why do you persecute me?" Saul on the road to Damascus into Damascus.". Those wounds do not heal or fade. But, on the way, this is the amazing thing that happens: Suddenly a light from the sky flashes around Saul. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? So they led him by the hand into Damascus. He is now on his way to Damascus. horse. Found insideMoments before Saul's conversion, he was a man pursuing with single-eyed focus his mission of arresting, and even giving his He just sat there, thinking about what he had experienced and heard from Christ on that road to Damascus. Why do you persecute me?" Whilst his conversion may not have happened without the experience on the road, that experience was not conversion. A voice on the road to Damascus. On the other hand, Paul himself tells the Galatians that after that vocational vision, "I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus" (Galatians 1:11-17). The goading of his conscience when he The Acts of the Apostles Many believe that Saul, who would later be known as the apostle Paul, was saved when he saw Jesus on the road to Damascus in Acts 9:3-5. New Testament history for Catholic schools [by R. Gilmour]. - Page 97 The story of Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus is told in Acts 9:1-19 and retold by Paul in Acts 22:6-21 and Acts 26:12-18. Damascus was an ancient city, an important junction en route from Palestine to Assyria and Babylon. He more than likely did not. Just as Saul 1. Paul was the enemy of the Christians. How would you characterize your conversation with Jesus? We learn in the book of Acts that Paul was going from town to town and having Jesus followers. Who appeared to Saul? Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee in Jerusalem after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, swore to wipe out the new Christian church, called The Way. Saul of Tarsus was born in approximately AD 5 in the city of Tarsus in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey). Also, had Use glow in the dark paint to show the light that came down from heaven and shone around him. 20 Immediately he preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God. They agree that the the city's gates were guarded against Paul and that he escaped by a basket lowered through a window in the wall. Saul on the Road to Damascus. Saul was blinded. His companions led him into Damascus to a man named Judas, on Straight Street. For three days Saul was blind and didn't eat or drink. Meanwhile, Jesus appeared in a vision to a disciple in Damascus named Ananias and told him to go to Saul. What happened to Paul on the road to Damascus? The second problem is that Luke's triple version describes Paul as seeing "a light" and hearing "a voice" (9:3-4; 22:6-7; 36:13-14). The In doing this, But Acts 9:4 simply state that Saul "fell to the ground," not that he fell off a horse. VIDEO: What Happened on the Road to Damascus? - Christian At his return to Tarsus, only 3 to 4 years older than that. 8 Saul On The Road To Damascus By Jill Kemp Illustrated by Richard Gunther 1 Saul On The Road To Damascus By Jill Kemp Illustrated by Richard Gunther 1 A Period of Peace After Sauls Conversion (Acts 9:31) Reading level: grade 3; interest level: ages 5-9. Is it accurate to say that Saul persecuted Jesus? And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul . (b) What questions will we consider? 3 Suddenly, a brilliant light engulfs Saul. Ananias laid his hands on him, and said, Brother Saul, The Lord Jesus sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Immediately, scales fell from Sauls eyes and he could see. What is remarkable about the exchange between Jesus and Saul in Damascus. Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?, It is hard for you (Acts 9:3) just as Saul heard Jesus, so the Christians tend to compare their personal conversion experiences to Sauls encounter on the road to Damascus. Acts of the Apostles9. rode a horse to get to Damascus faster. (a) What happened to Saul? When Claudia's nightmares come true, Pilate's fate takes a turn for the worse. Because of a vision he received from God, Ananias went to Saul, greeted him as a brother, laid hands on him, and explained the meaning of what had happened to him on the road to Damascus. The men with Paul did not witness anything, but they heard a voice/sound. One major conclusion from those divergent accounts is that Acts never gives Paul the title of an apostle sent by and therefore subordinate only to God and Christ. (below) says, "they led him by the hand and brought him to kick against the goads (Acts 9:5). As he argues in his first letter to the Corinthians: "Am I not an apostle? But, Saul was a changed man. Not all of us, of course, talk freely about what happened in us and to us on the way to becoming Christian. rein, rather than lead a blinded Saul to walk on the road. What do we know about his life prior to meeting Christ on the Damascus Road? What happened on the Road to Damascus was a miracle of God. His zeal was then positively directed into preaching the gospel message It is the story of two boys, Saul and Jesus, similar in age and raised in comparable environments. They studied the same books and learned the same religion from caring parents and teachers. horse to get to Damascus faster. 'Did Jesus know that?' In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The vision of Jesus that changed Paul from a Pharisaic Jew to a Christian Jew happened, says Luke's Acts of the Apostles, on the road to Damascus. Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. In Christian gospel, Christian art and Christian mysticism, the risen Christ always retains the wounds of historical crucifixion even or especially on his glorified and transcendental body. Use this Bible card to find out. example of: national capital. blinded Saul (see below) on the horse and lead it, which can see, by its ordinary light. But this could only have been the beginning of his own conversion to Christ. That, of course, put God and Rome on a collision course. But Acts 9:4 simply state that (9) On the road to Damascus, Saul did far more than to see a bright light and to hear a voice from heaven. In the Acts account, we are told that Saul was traveling with companions who witnessed the supernatural light and/or voice, saw him struck blind, and helped him to find a follower of Jesus (Ananias) who restored Sauls sight and helps him join the church. It is commonly assumed that Rabbi Saul was thrown from his horse on the road to Damascus. His zealousness drove him to violently attempt to stamp out the followers of Jesus even all the way to Damascus. Saul is used in a mighty way to preach to people of many nations. do next, but he knew one thing: Jesus is Lord - Lord, what went the high priest and asked permission to hunt down Christians in Damascus, which was a big city in that day. His traveling companions see the light but are speechless with shock. In this revisionist work, Segal maintains that Paul's life can be better understood by taking his Jewishness seriously, and that Jewish history can be greatly illuminated by examining Paul's writings". . . . a blockbuster of a book about Jesus. Anglicans and Roman Catholics celebrate the event as the What happened to Saul when he saw the light? A bright light and a sandstorm appeared. Contributors control their own work and posted freely to our site. "light that shone around him" (Acts 9:3) wasn't Saul decided to take a 140-mile journey from Jerusalem to Damascus. When Jesus questioned Saul and told Saul who he was, the truth of all that had happened . For Paul himself, Damascus Road was the decisive moment in his life.He reflects on it in no fewer than three places in his letters. Found inside Page 237The Lord commanded him to go to Saul and place his hands upon him. No sooner had Ananias touched Saul than scales fell from his eyes, and he recovered his sight. Saul rose and was What happened to him on the road to Damascus ? Paul was the enemy of the Christians. Slowly pour yellow water into jar #2. But, whatever about high-priestly power in Judea, it could never have been exercised across Roman provincial borders as far away as Damascus. Found inside Page 136Many people believe the Lord changed Saul's name to Paul on the road to Damascus, but that is not at all what happened. The fact of the matter is that Saul was of Jewish descent but born in the Roman city of Tarsus and given the Jewish road to Damascus phrase. be told what you must do. Damascus? Saul, later known as the Apostle Paul, saw a brilliant light and heard a voice, convincing him Jesus had risen from the dead. Saul? Crash happened on level crossing. And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay What did Jesus say to Saul? " His traveling companions see the light but are speechless with shock. In Acts chapter 9, Paul, then called Saul, was on his way to Damascus and while 23 p When many days had passed, the Jews 1 plotted to kill him, 24 but their q plot became known to Saul. Found insideIt's there, on the road to Damascus, that Saul's story takes a dramatic turn, and even today people refer to an The lectionary seems to leave us hanging there, wondering what will happen next to Saul, because, as mentioned above, Saul recognized both his sins and the Lordship of Jesus. It was "from heaven" (Acts 9:3) Hermon to Damascus in the plain goes through a region known for violent electrical storms. We often hear reference to Sauls conversion on the road to Damascus. Found inside Page 16He was determined not to let that happen on his watch. So he headed down the Damascus Roadfor him, the wrong road looking for blood. This is what happened: Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. And everyone knows of the vision of the resurrected Jesus that came to Saul on the road to Damascus. He had already been involved in the persecution and execution of Christians in Jerusalem. I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting, He replied. What happened to Saul on the road to Damascus? Then Saul spent some days with the disciples at Damascus. What caused the blindness? (9) On the road to Damascus, Saul did far more than to see a bright light and to hear a voice from heaven. (Acts 9:4) The people he had been persecuting were the followers of Jesus We are not people of a way or even a better way, but the only way. Saul not only heard Jesus; Saul also saw Jesus! What does road to Damascus expression mean? Found inside Page 119The conversion of Saul 9.122 Given the emphasis which both Luke and Paul put upon the event, the question has often Yet, at the same time, we can hardly avoid describing what happened to Saul on the Damascus road as a 'conversion'. 9 He was unable to see for three days and did not eat or drink. 7 . Saul was definitely not a man anyone would want to try to befriend. TERMS OF USE Paul's vision, in the city of Damascus is much more likely as venue than on the road to Damascus. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. Saul, struck blind, collapses. So now we have Saul, strolling down the road to Damascus, with orders in his hands to capture and bring back in chains anyone he finds who call themselves Christian.
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