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Before his conversion, Paul was known as Saul and was "a Pharisee of Pharisees", who "intensely persecuted" the followers of Jesus. Paul describes his life before conversion in his Epistle to the Galatians: For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
Acts quotes Paul referring to his family by saying he was "a Pharisee, born of Pharisees". [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Paul's nephew, his sister's son, is mentioned in Acts 23:16. [ 59 ] In Romans 16:7, he states that his relatives, Andronicus and Junia , were Christians before he was and were prominent among the Apostles.
Seeing that there were both Pharisees and Sadducees on the Sanhedrin (see Acts 23:4–9 for the whole context): But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"
The wind is compared to the Holy Spirit in verse 8 of the discourse. This may be compared to Acts 2, when the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles as "a rushing mighty wind". Nicodemus is mentioned again in John 7:50 and 19:39. [4] The latter reference mentions the occasion in John 3 when Nicodemus met with Jesus.
In his sermon, Paul quotes from certain Greek philosophers and poets, namely in verse 17:28. He alludes to passages from Epimenides [7] and from either Aratus or Cleanthes. Paul then explained concepts such as the resurrection of the dead and salvation, in effect a prelude to the future discussions of Christology.
14:19-20: Jews stone Paul nearly to death. 16:16-24: Paul and Silas are flogged and imprisoned by gentiles in Philippi. 17:1-15: Paul and others are chased out of successive towns by Jews. 18:12-17: Paul is made to appear before the Roman proconsul Gallop in Achaia, who dismisses the case as an internal dispute.
Ananias of Damascus (/ ˌ æ n ə ˈ n aɪ ə s / AN-ə-NY-əs; Ancient Greek: Ἀνανίας, romanized: Ananíās; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: Ḥananyō; "favoured of the L ORD") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus (who later was called Paul the Apostle ...
Although the stance of "the Pharisees" towards Jesus was antagonistic, individual Pharisees who believed in him or his merits or both include Nicodemus (who said it is known that Jesus is a teacher sent from God), [6] Joseph of Arimathea, [7] an unknown number of "those of the party of the Pharisees who believed", [8] and the Apostle Paul – a ...