Acts 9:1 and following
verse 1 Saul breathed out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of Jesus...
vs 3 he saw the light and came to know Jesus as his savior and best friend
vs 20 and straightway he preached the Messiah in the Synagogues, that he is the son of God.
vs 22 Saul increased themore in strength,and confounded theJews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Messiah.
why he was a rich rabbi-who killed Messianic believers (Christians) but now he was preaching about Messiah Jesus-why -he could have kept getting alot of money and stayed a great rabbi and a hunter of believers in the Messiah Jesus-why would he quit killing Christians and become a Messianic Jew too?
2006-11-18 08:43:12 · 8 answers · asked by ben 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acts 9(NIV)
Saul's Conversion
1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest 2and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
5"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked.
"I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. 6"Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
7The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. 8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. 9For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.
10In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, "Ananias!"
"Yes, Lord," he answered.
11The Lord told him, "Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight."
13"Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem. 14And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name."
15But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel. 16I will show him how much he must suffer for my name."
17Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, 19and after taking some food, he regained his strength.
2006-11-19 00:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Catelyn O 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jews did not kill Christians. That was a libel created latter by the Church to justify the deaths of Millions of Jews.
Their is no recorded historical evidence that Jews had the power or ability to kill Christians, persecute them, yes but kill no.
as for Paul a person named Saul of Tarutus was not known or heard of in Jewish literature. He was likely an insignificant person that used the Christians for political power, or an ignorant convert but critianly not a respected Rabbi or leader in any way shape or form.
2006-11-18 11:36:45 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
David Israel,
You are a Christian. I do know that you seem to have some psychological disorders and therefore may not be capable of hearing dissent. Nonetheless, I must tell you david that I think this evil and deceptive form of missionizing you are perpetrating is degrading Christianity and the good, normal christians who practice it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApnC4dngKeRuGKyqQldbLd_zy6IX?qid=20060723102937AA4N2eb
. It is, by definition, impossible for it to be "jewish" to believe in jesus. "Jewish" is, by defintion, what jews have historically and contemporarily believe. Since in neither scenario do we find "believing in jesus", then we must clearly realize that belief in jesus is not something "jewish". You can call it "biblical" (and still be wrong), but certainly not "jewish".
. On the side, the subject of Isaiah 53 is promised a "long life" and "seed" (i.e. physical children). Clearly this isn't about jesus.
. And Isaiah 7 is clearly not messianic if you read the whole chapter. and "alma" doesn't mean virgin either. You'd know that if you spoke hebrew (I guess learning basic hebrew wasn't part of your "extensive jewish upbringing", huh?)
. On the side, Isaiah 9 can't be about jesus since, according to christianity, he's the "son" not the "father" (as the verse states). Nor did he have control of the government (to the contrary, the roman government killed him). And he certainly did not establish "endless peace".
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Sources:
http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/jewishsociety/Why_Jews_Dont_Believe_In_Jesus.asp
http://jewsforjudaism.org/web/faq/general_messiah-criteria02.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_messiah#Textual_requirements
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oh, and lastly, I've decided that you truly epitomize everything I find intensely intellectually unsatisfying about christianity.
2006-11-18 13:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ben the teachings of Paul were very different from the true teachings of Jesus. Jesus put peter in charge when he left but Paul's opposing camp took over and pretty much left peter and his followers out in the cold. This is why we See so much of Paul's writings in the bible and so little about peter.
Many scholars refer to Christianity as it is now taught and practiced as Paul-ism, or Pauline teachings to separate it from what Jesus actually taught.
Some have even implied that Paul and his superiors eventually realized that they could not control the spread of Christianity by persecution. So they decided the only way to exercise any form of control was to pretend to convert and try to adjust the message to something more acceptable to them.
Love and blessings Don
2006-11-18 23:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus replaced right into a Jew and he did coach from the Torah,yet why did he coach the Torah in Parables ? because human beings had lost the way and the which means, they grew to develop into extra in contact contained in the guidelines . The previous testomony and the recent testomony help one yet another. The previous testomony, the Torah reported a messiah coming. even as Jesus dies the followers of Christ were then said as Christ-ians. ...
2016-11-25 02:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All accounts of Paul's (Saul) life seem to indicate the man was crazy.....or, at least, very strange
2006-11-18 08:46:24 · answer #6 · answered by Shossi 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
did you seriously just quote from acts in order to try to prove a point to jews?
we. don't. believe. in. your. bible.
2006-11-18 08:53:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
cuz sda ppl rock my sox
2006-11-18 08:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by hana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋