Acts 9:1-18

Paul will tell his story of this encounter two other times in the book of ActsAnd he will share a condensed version of it again with the Galatians• in 1 Corinthians he will argue,Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? (1 Cor. 9:1)• that was the day Jesus stopped Paul in his tracks and turned him around- but if not for his eyes, there would be no story• if you look for visual clues in the story, words and sentences pop outa light shone; others were hearing the voice but seeing no one;getting up although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing;he was without sight; Ananias was given a vision in which he was told him to look for Saul; Jesus told Ananias, behold, Saul too had seen a vision; Ananias went to so he could regain his sight;Jesus was going to show Saul how much he would suffer; Jesus had appeared to Saul—and so on(notice also the similarity of Saul's experience and what happened on his first mission (Acts 13:11)