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Acts of the Apostles tels how Paul 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 also a quotation from the ancient 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.
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Is there only one mention in the Gospels of a meeting between Jesus and the apostle Paul?
No as Paul never knew Jesus at all, the simple reason being that Paul the apostle came much later , after Jesus was crucified and he had also risen from the dead by then. Paul was called Saul in his early years.
What does New Testament contain?
The new testament contains the teaching of Jesus, and the books of Paul and the four gospels mainly.
How many cases of resurrections are there in the new testament?
There are 27 counting Jesus as well as paul, some are repeated in the gospels.
Which one goes 1 paul spread the teachings of Jesus of nazareth of Jesus was crucified by the Romans or the gospels were written by the early christians or John the Baptist declared that the messiah v?
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Did Judas see the resurrected Jesus?
A:In Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, written long before the first of the gospels, the risen Jesus appeared to the twelve (1 Cor 15:3-8) which can only mean that for Paul, Jesus was not betrayed by Judas Iscariot.The gospel story required a traitor, and that traitor was Judas Iscariot. In the gospels, when the risen Jesus appeared to the disciples, he appeared to the eleven. It would be inconceivable that the other disciples would have kept Judas in their midst to be seen by the risen Jesus. Now, Judas did not see Jesus.
How did Mark find Jesus?
The Bible is silent on this but as a follower of both Peter and Paul, he soon became quite familiar with Him, writing the first of four Gospels.
Where can the parables of Jesus be found?
The stories of Jesus' apostles are found throughout the New Testament, most notably in Acts. The apostle Paul also chronicled stories of Christ's disciples in the book of Romans and his letters to various churches, such as the Ephesians, Phillipians, etc...
Were the apostles John and Paul in attendance at the trial of Jesus?
According to Acts of the Apostles, Paul spent his childhood in Jerusalem, learning under the famous Gamaliel I, so, on that evidence, he could have been at the trial of Jesus. However, scholars say that there is no evidence in any of the epistles that he was in Jerusalem during the lifetime of Jesus, in which case he could not have been present at the trial. Certainly, Paul never mentions having seen Jesus before his crucifixion. The gospels do not mention John as in attendance at the trial of Jesus. .
Was Paul before or after Jesus?
Paul was after Jesus.
What is spiritual and bodily resurrection?
A:In his epistles, Paul seems to have believed in a spiritual resurrection of Jesus, in other words believing that the resurrection and the ascension to heaven were one and the same. When he describes the appearances of Jesus to Cephas, James and the disciples, he makes no distinction with the presumably spiritual or even allegorical appearance to himself. Paul never seems to believe that the risen Jesus could be seen in the flesh. The New Testament gospels speak of a physical resurrection, because the body of Jesus was no longer in the tomb and they go to great pains to prove that Jesus' resurrection was real and in the flesh.
Why do we not have any testimonials on Jesus by his brothers?
A:Testimonials by the brothers of Jesus would be extremely useful if we wish to resolve any doubts about the reliability of the gospels attributed to the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We would not expect them to contain details about the miracles and teachings of Jesus, since the gospels say the brothers were not with Jesus during his mission, but they would verify the basis facts. However, the only certain information we have that Jesus had brothers is contained in the gospels themselves. In his epistles Paul does refer to James, brother of Jesus, but in circumstances where the term 'brother of Jesus' could be a title for the leader of the Jerusalem Church, much as some clergy even today are sometimes called 'Father' or 'Brother'. Paul seems not to have realised that Jesus had lived and died in Palestime in the quite recent past. The author of the Epistle of James does give us his name but does not tell us that he was either the brother or a disciple of Jesus.There is no convincing proof that Jesus had brothers, other than the gospel references, and if the gospels are in doubt so too is the existence of Jesus of Nazareth in first-century Palestine.
What does the Bible mean to Saint Paul?
The Bible, as we have it now, didn't exist in the days of St Paul - he wrote a large chunk of it, after all! He would have had the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament), and regarded it as God's word to humanity, as he affirms many times in his letters by quoting extensively from it. This is also what he means when he says 'scripture'. Paul wrote most of his letters before the promulgation of the Gospels (which came later, with the earliest [Mark] being written around 65.AD). So when Paul said in 2 Tim 3:16 That all scripture was God breathed, he was not speaking about any part that he wrote, as much of what we have today did not exist when Paul wrote these words. So should we as Christians elevate Paul's words over that of Jesus? I don't think we should as Jesus was very clear not to call any man teacher (rabbi) or father, as he was the only teacher or father. So what to we do when Paul's words disagree with those of Jesus?
