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.
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)
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 of Tarsus after he had a vision of Christ & a conversion while on the road to Damascus.
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.
He had been known as Saul and then became Paul after his experience on the road to Damascus.
a bar, to cure his headache from that blinding white light on the road. :-)
In the bible it says saul meets jesus on the road to Damascus, and is blinded.
Book of Acts- Paul/Saul... This is also an amazing allusion to reincarnation...
He was converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus with his encounter with Jesus Christ. Read the account in Luke 9:1-9.
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 was given permission to go to Damascus by the high priest. He sought letters from the high priest to the synagogues in Damascus, authorizing him to arrest any followers of Jesus. This request was part of his mission to persecute Christians in that city before his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus.
The two people Jesus appeared to on the road to Damascus were Saul (who later became known as the apostle Paul) and Ananias. Jesus appeared to Saul in a blinding light and spoke to him, causing him to become a believer and change his ways. Ananias was instructed by Jesus to go to Saul and heal him of his blindness.