a bar, to cure his headache from that blinding white light on the road. :-)
Ananias, a disciple in Damascus, came to Saul and said, "Brother Saul, receive your sight." Ananias then laid his hands on Saul, and something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he regained his sight. (Acts 9:17-18)
When He was on his way to Damascus. It says it in Acts .9:3..."And as he journeyed (Saul) he came near to Damascus:..."KJV
Saul encontered Jesus on his was to Damascus .
Saul continued on to Damascus after his conversion.
Ananias
Acts 9 [Full Chapter][ The Damascus Road: Saul Converted ] Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.
Saul was drawing near to Damascus when suddenly a light from heaven shined around him.
The gates of Damascus were guarded by the Jews who were living there during Saul's conversion. They were helping Saul before he became Paul.
Well saul later called paul was persecuting christens and senticing them to death. On his way to Damascus there was the brightest light Paule had even seen. God sent an angle to him and said "Saul why are you persecuting my people?" And so God made Paule blind. And God sent one of his followers to go to him and make him see again.
Saul of the Old Testament did not. Saul (Paul) of the New Testament did not see God but he heard the voice of Jesus while on the road to Damascus.
The New Testament never provides a specific age for Saul (Paul). It states that he was a "young man" when introducing him in Acts 7:58, and his journey to Damascus took place not long after.
Saul did not need permission to go to Damascus as he could travel where ever he liked, but he did need permission from the High Priest to go to Damascus and arrest persons who were following "The Way", which was the expression used to mean following Jesus' teachings. The High Priest could have been one of three persons as we are not exactly sure of the date this happened. Caiaphas was nearing the end of his time in 34 A.D. and Jonathan Ben Hanan was High Priest in 36 A.D., with Theophilus being High Priest in 37 A.D. It was in this time frame that Saul was traveling to Damascus on this mission.