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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 transformation on the road to Damascus) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease ...
The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Way to Damascus, a c. 1889 portrait by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior. Paul's conversion to the movement of followers of Jesus can be dated to 31–36 AD [78] [79] [80] by his reference to it in one of his letters. In Galatians 1:16, Paul writes that God "was pleased to reveal his son to me."
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 ...
The conversion of Paul from persecutor to apostle is a well-known biblical story. According to the New Testament , Saul of Tarsus was a zealous Pharisee , who intensely persecuted the followers of Jesus, even participating in the stoning of Stephen .
(the artist wrote these words from the Acts of the Apostles on a canvas in Latin - Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris). The second half of the work is dark. What we manage to see we see thanks to the light emanating from the Appearance. The future Apostle lies on the ground, supported by one of the companions of the wicked journey.
Fredriksen's many articles on Paul [30] and his cameo appearances in her books on Jesus and Augustine come together in her book Paul: The Pagans' Apostle. [22] Fredriksen explains there that Paul lived in a world full of gods. [31] As Christ's apostle, Paul taught that pagans did not have to become Jews (for men, meaning circumcision). [31]
Paul has been imprisoned inside Mamertine Prison in Rome for his strong influence as a Christian leader which makes him a threat to Nero's power. Mauritius Gallus, the newly appointed prefect of the prison, accuses Paul of burning half of Rome down and, by Nero's decree, sentences him to death.
The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [1] [2] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17. [3]