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21 Then all who heard were amazed, and said, a“Is this not he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?”  
22 But Saul increased all the more in strength, aand confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.  

Saul Escapes Death

23 Now after many days were past, athe Jews plotted to kill him.  
24 aBut their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.  
25 Then the disciples took him by night and alet him down through the wall in a large basket.  

Saul at Jerusalem

26 And awhen Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.  
27 aBut Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, band how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Acts 9:23.

Acts 9:19-25

In Damascus, the instruction came from one of the hated sect—the sect he persecuted. A man by the name of Ananias came, telling him that he (Paul) was now one of "the called," that he was chosen to witness for Christ, and that he should rise and be baptized. It was a dramatic turn of events as any personality in the Bible ever experienced.

What a turn of events! The hunter became the hunted, and he began to experience being on the other side of life. He became the enemy of those in power. Instead of acceptance was rejection. But he also began to experience God's overseeing of his life in a way that he never would have experienced had not God done what He did.

Excerpted from Paul: Grace, Law, and Obedience

 
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