Saul in the Bible
Meaning: demanded; lent; ditch; deathpar
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and dragged him out of the city and continued stoning him. The witnesses, in the meantime, laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep: And Saul was consenting to his death.
Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.
But Saul continued to harass the church, and by going from house to house and dragging off men and women he continued to put them into prison.
Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
As Saul traveled along and was approaching Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.
He dropped to the ground; then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
and he said, who art thou, Lord? and the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is hard for thee to kick against the goad. Then trembling with the fright Saul said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? and the Lord said to him,]
Meanwhile, the men who were traveling with Saul were standing speechless, for they heard the voice but didn't see anyone.
Then Saul got up off the ground, but he could not see anything, although his eyes were wide open. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus,
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
(at that very instant Saul saw in a vision the said Ananias come in, and put his hand on him, to restore his sight.)
But the Lord replied to him, "Go on your way, for Saul is someone I have especially chosen to carry my name to the [unconverted] Gentiles, kings and the Israelites.
So Ananias left and went to that house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said, "Saul, my. brother, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road on which you were coming here, has sent me that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
All at once something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again.
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
And so Saul began proclaiming that Jesus was the Son of God in the synagogues [of the Damascus area].
But Saul grew stronger and stronger and continued to put to utter confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus, by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
After several days had gone by, the Jewish leaders plotted to murder Saul,
but their plot was found out by Saul. Day and night they kept guarding the city gates, to murder him,
Now when Saul arrived at Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples there, but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
Barnabas, however, introduced Saul to the apostles, telling them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
Henceforth Saul was one of them, going in and out of the city, and speaking fearlessly in the Name of the Lord.
Then Barnabas went over to Tarsus to search out Saul,
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.
And this they did and sent it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
When Barnabas and Saul had finished their helpful service, they returned from Jerusalem, and took along with them John who was called Mark.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who is called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen who was an intimate friend of the governor, and Saul.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them."
So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
He was an intimate friend of the governor, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent for Barnabas and Saul and in this way tried to hear God's message.
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, because he was full of the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye
Then they demanded a king, and for forty years God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.
Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'
Then the whole assembly remained silent, and listened to Barnabas and Saul as they told the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.
and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?'
came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, 'Saul, my brother, recover your sight!' Then instantly I did recover it and looked at him,
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you continue to persecute me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goad.'
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