Pharisee
Jewish authorities gave Saul authority to persecute Christians.
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Pharisee
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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.
He gave Saul permission to address letters to the synagogues ofDamascus, requesting that the any followers of the Way be arrested and brought back to Jerusalem in chains.
The cast of Saul of Suburbia - 2010 includes: Clark Coffey as Priest Lauren LeMay as Jane Williams Jameson Young as Inmate 2
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.
Saul, later known as the apostle Paul, was given authority by the high priest in Jerusalem to arrest Christians. He believed it was his duty to persecute followers of Jesus, which led to his transformation after a personal encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus.