Paul's coversion on the road to Damascus?

Answer 1

A:According to Acts of the Apostles, Paul converted on the road to Damascus. He was blinded by a light, fell down and heard the voice of Jesus saying, "It hurts you to kick against the goad [or 'pricks']" (Acts 25:14). This is a quotation from theancient play known as Bacchae by Euripides (d. 406 BCE). The scene has parallels to the play and peculiarly has Jesus quote a Greek proverb to Paul while speaking Aramaic ("in the Hebrew language"). Paul was then taken, blind and helpless to Damascus, where he was taught the gospel. Paul himself never mentions this episode, and says that after his conversion, he went straight to Arabia.

Another clear parallel between Acts and the Bacchae is when Paul is miraculously released from prison. Taken together, these accounts demonstrate that the source was a play, not actual events. If Paul was not really converted on the road to Damascus, then no one was.

Answer 2

A:Christians believe that Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus and that as a result of that experience, he converted and became an evangelist.

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; in fact his epistles seem to have ruled this out. In his Epistle to the Galatians, Paul said that after his conversion, he travelled immediately to Arabia, and only then went to Damascus (bypassing Jerusalem) and finally to Jerusalem (Galatians 1:17-19). On this evidence, we could reasonably say that Paul was not converted on the road to Damascus and that Jesus did not meet him there.

Acts of the Apostles, written decades after his death, provides three parallel but different 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. 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.

The account of Paul's conversion in Acts chapter 26 actually appears 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, of Paul's conversion and subsequent dedication of his life to evangelism. The differences in the three accounts surely confirms this, leading us to assume that Paul's own contemporary account is the only really reliable one and that the miraculous conversion on the Road to Damascus did not happen.

A:He was blinded by the light of Christ just by seeing him. Once he made it he was converted by Annanias of Damascus, the question of what happened to his companions is still a mystery. A:The account at Acts 9:1-19 tells of when the Hebrew pharisee, Saul, a violent enemy of Christianity, was temporarily 'blinded' by the glorified Jesus Christ who appeared to him on the road to Damascus, as Saul was on his way to persecute Christians. Jesus made it clear WHO Saul had been persecuting, and after a few days of blindness, and time to think over what he'd been told, Saul was ready to learn the truth about this Jesus he'd hated so much in ignorance. When Ananias arrived at God's command, 'what looked like scales fell from his eyes' and Saul regained his sight. (Acts 22:6-16/Acts 26:12-18/1 Timothy 1:12-16/Galatians 1:13-17) After his conversion, he stayed with Christians in Damascus(Acts 9:19) for quite a while, learning about Jesus, and preaching(Acts 9:20+22). A few years later, when the Jews plotted to kill him, he went to Jerusalem(Acts 9:23-28/Galatians 1:18+19)where the 'brothers' were still afraid of him because of his past history. During his ministry, he primarily used his Roman name, Paul.

Answer 3

Paul when he was on the way to Damascus , he was struck by a light from god he was blind. he was taken to Ananias , after three days . But we must remember that he had set out to persecute and kill the early christians. He was converted on that road iito Damascus.

Answer 4

A:Christians believe that Jesus appeared to Saul (later Paul) on the road to Damascus and that as a result of that experience, he converted and became an evangelist.

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; 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). On this evidence, we could reasonably say that Jesus did not meet Paul on the road to Damascus or that this experience led to Saul's conversion.

Acts of the Apostles, written decades after his death, provides three parallel but different 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. 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.

The account of Paul's conversion in Acts chapter 26 actually appears to have been based on the ancient play of Euripedes called the Bacchae. This alone would be enough to cast serious doubts on the account in Acts. The differences in the three accounts surely confirms this, leading us to assume that Paul's own contemporary account is the only really reliable one and that the miraculous conversion on the Road to Damascus did not happen. On the evidence , Paul never met Jesus on the road to Damascus.

Answer 5

Christians believe that Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus and that as a result of that experience, he converted and became an evangelist.

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; in fact his epistles seem to have ruled this out. In his Epistle to the Galatians, Paul said that after his conversion, he travelled immediately to Arabia, and only then went to Damascus (bypassing Jerusalem) and finally to Jerusalem (Galatians 1:17-19). On this evidence, we could reasonably say that Paul was not converted on the road to Damascus and that Jesus did not meet him there.

Acts of the Apostles, written decades after his death, provides three parallel but different 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. 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.

The account of Paul's conversion in Acts chapter 26 actually appears 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, of Paul's conversion and subsequent dedication of his life to evangelism. The differences in the three accounts surely confirms this, leading us to assume that Paul's own contemporary account is the only really reliable one and that the miraculous conversion on the Road to Damascus did not happen.

Answer 6

Saul and his entourage.

God later directed Saul to change his name to Paul. He was eventually ordained as the Apostle Paul.

Answer 7

Paul's travelling companions are not named. He had an encounter with Christ Jesus on the journey.

Answer 8

St. Paul the Apostle met the risen Christ on the way to Damascus

Answer 9

The Apostle Paul, who went by the name of Saul at that time.