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Why does Paul tell different stories of the Damascus road experience?
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Paul himself, in his Epistles, does not tell different stories of the Damascus road experience. In fact he never mentions it, and seems to suggest a quite different version of his conversion.
Several decades after the time of Paul, the author of Acts of the Apostles, now known as Luke, wrote three different and contradictory versions of the supposed experience, which included a vision of a blinding light and a voice. It could be that Luke wanted to present one version as being what really happened, and the other two versions as what Paul wanted to say to different audiences, but there is no evidence for any of the accounts found in Acts.
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What was St. Paul's Damascus Experience?
He was converted on the road to Damascus, and was blind for three days.
How did Paul's name change?
He had been known as Saul and then became Paul after his experience on the road to Damascus.
Where did St. Paul see his vision?
He was blinded while on the road to Damascus.
How is Saint Paul a witness the power of God's spirit?
It was By the Power Of the Holy Spirit, that made St. Paul experience Christ on the way to Damascus.
Where did Paul converted?
Road to Damascus
What was Saint Paul's experience?
I am not sure what you mean by "Paul's experience." Do you refer to the day he was traveling to Damascus, Syria? On that day he was struck down by a light from heaven and blinded. A voice from heaven told him to stop persecuting God. He had been persecuting Christians at the time.
Why was St. Paul going to Damascus?
He was going to Damascus to continue his campaign against the new Christian religion.
How did Paul become blind?
A:Christians believe that Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus and that as a result of that experience, he was blinded and taken to Damascus, where he converted to Christianity and became an evangelist. Acts of the Apostles, written decades after Paul's death, provides three parallel but different miraculous stories in which Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus. In each account there was a blinding light, which appeared only to Paul in the version at Acts 9:3-8 and probably at Acts 26.13-19, but appeared to both Paul and his men at Acts 22:6-11 (although only Paul was blinded). Paul alone heard a voice from heaven at Acts 22:6-11 and probably at Acts 26.13-19, but both Paul and his men heard the voice at Acts 9:3-8. Each of these stories says that the voice from heaven said it was Jesus, and from this one could believe that Paul did accept that it was really Jesus.The three accounts of this event actually appear to have been based on the ancient play of Euripedes called the Bacchae. This alone would be enough to cast serious doubts on the explanation in Acts.Paul himself provides very little information about how he came to believe that he was called to be the apostle to the gentiles. He never mentions any divine vision that led to his conversion nor of his being temporarily blinded; in fact his epistles seem to have ruled this out. In his Epistle to the Galatians, Paul said that after his conversion, he travelled to Arabia, and only then went to Damascus (bypassing Jerusalem), then Jerusalem, Syria and Cilicia, and, after a period of fourteen years, back to Jerusalem (Galatians 1:17-2:1). On this evidence, we could reasonably say that Jesus did not meet Paul on the road to Damascus, at least not at the time of his conversion, and Paul was certainly not required to go immediately to the nearest city (Damascus) because of blindness.
Was Apostale Paul at the Christ's crucifying?
Paul was not present at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Only one or two of His disciples were there when He was crucified, or at least that's all scripture tells us. Paul's only physical introduction to Christ was at his conversion on his way to Damascus. An Apostle was one who walked with Christ, among other requirements. All of His Apostles were chosen personally by Jesus. Paul's experience with Jesus on the road to Damascus was one element that qualified Paul for apostleship.
Where was Saint Paul on the road to when his conversion occurred?
Paul was on his way to Damascus in Syria when he had is conversion.
When Paul became Christian did he persecute gentiles?
No - Paul felt a special calling to go to the gentiles and preach the Good News of Jesus to them. Answer 2: It was before (and not after) his conversion that Paul was persecuting Jewish Christians (not Gentiles). Then he had a special experience on the road to Damascus which turned his life around.
Who was blind and saw revelation from God?
Paul on the road to Damascus.
