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Jesus Christ and Paul
How Jesus Christ and Paul are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ and Paul met.
Saul was on his way to Damascus against the disciples when a voice said, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest". The Lord told Ananias that Saul was "a chosen vessel unto me".
breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord
Acts 9:1, King James Version
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest
Acts 9:5, King James Version
he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles
Acts 9:15, King James Version
Where they cross: Acts 9:3-6
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Acts 9:1
1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Acts 9:3-6
3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5And 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 pricks.
6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Acts 9:15
15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
King James Version