How did Saint Paul believe in Jesus?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Saint Paul believed in Jesus after experiencing a powerful conversion on the road to Damascus, where he encountered a vision of Jesus and heard his voice. This experience led Paul to transform from a persecutor of Christians to becoming one of the greatest missionaries of early Christianity, spreading the teachings of Jesus throughout the Roman Empire.

Answer 3

In The Bible, Paul usually refers to Jesus as "Jesus Christ" or "Our Lord Jesus Christ" the word "Christ" is the Greek word "Christos" meaning anointed or Messiah Jesus is a translation of the Hebrew name "Yeshu" or "Yeshua" which translates to the modern "Joshua" literally Paul referred to Jesus as "Ihsou Cristou" in the original Greek letters he wrote.

Answer 4

It does not seem as if Paul believed that Jesus was a real, historical person who had lived in Palestine in the recent past. He always seems to write of Jesus in the abstract. When Paul spoke of his travels, even to Jerusalem, he shows no interest in Jesus as a person, nor talks of visiting the birthplace of Jesus, the place of the crucifixion or any other place associated with Jesus. It seems that either he did not expect such places to exist or he would have seen little to interest him in them.

This does not mean that Paul did not believe in Jesus, just that he might have believed in him as a person from the more distant past, or as a purely spiritual person, such as the Epistle of the Hebrews seems to suggest. His description of the ascension of Jesus is consistent with the resurrection and the ascension being the same, spiritual event, or of the crucifixion taking place in heaven.

In 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, Paul said that Jesus died and was buried, rose again according to the scriptures, then was seen by Cephas, then the twelve, then by more than 500, most of whom were still alive, then by James and all the apostles, and finally by himself last of all. Paul implied that the appearances were all of the same nature, with no suggestion that any of the appearances to Cephas, the twelve, James or the apostles were somehow more real than the spiritual appearance he experienced. Paul seems to say that the risen Jesus did not show himself physically, but only through visions or dreams.

Catholic AnswerSt. Paul was converted personally by Jesus, this is recorded in the 9th chapter of Acts. Up until that point Paul, (or Saul as he was known) had never met Jesus. Jesus appeared to him and identified Himself: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting" (Acts 9:5b). From that moment Saul, who had been a very zealous Jew trying to wipe out the new Christian sect, now became the most zealous apostle to the Gentiles. Paul had studying under the greatest rabbi that had ever taught in Judaism, Rabbi Gamaliel, so he knew his history, his Scripture, and he had been the Rabbi's greatest pupil. His knowledge of the Scriptures made him the perfect choice to evangelize the pagans who had no knowledge of God or the Scriptures.