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Saul: The Journey to Damascus is a 2014 biblical drama film about Saul of Tarsus, directed by Mario Azzopardi, starring Kyle Schmid as the title character. It also stars Emmanuelle Vaugier and John Rhys-Davies. [2] [3] The film was released direct-to-video in Canada in April 2014. [4]
Talut is also mentioned in a hadith (Arabic: حَـديـث, lit. 'narration'): "Narrated Al-Bara: The companions of Muhammad, who took part in Badr, told me that their number was that of Talut's companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him, and they were over three-hundred-and-ten men.
Saul (/ s ɔː l /; Hebrew: שָׁאוּל , Šāʾūl; Greek: Σαούλ, Saoúl; transl. "asked/prayed for") was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity.
God sends Samuel to appoint Saul as the king, although with the warning that kings only take from their people. At least a few people are not happy with Samuel's choice, but Saul then prophecizes and wins some victories, so the people embrace him. Later Saul falls out of God's favour and God promises to appoint someone else as king.
The Conversion of Saint Paul, Luca Giordano, 1690, Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy The Conversion of Saint Paul, Caravaggio, 1600. The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and Paul's "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early ...
When Ananias came to restore his sight, he called him "Brother Saul". [40] In Acts 13:9, Saul is called "Paul" for the first time on the island of Cyprus, much later than the time of his conversion. [41] The author of Luke–Acts indicates that the names were interchangeable: "Saul, who also is called Paul." He refers to him as Paul through the ...
Characters like "Better Call Saul"'s Cheryl Hamlin (Sandrine Holt) and "Breaking Bad"'s Emilio Koyama (John Koyama) surprisingly help merge the two timelines.
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.