was paul the apostle blind?

Answer 1

no, however he was blinded temporarily while on the road to demascus

Answer 2

Paul was a Pharisee of the Pharisees. Paul changed, once he came to understand the real God mention in Acts 9:21.

Paul was so sure that he was right and that Christians were wrong when it came to religion, that he would even travel to different cities to haul Christians away to be put to death again mention in Acts 9:1,2; Galatians 1:23.

He is a man trained so well-in the scriptures available at that time, the Old Testament, just didn't at all know God, that is until God revealed Himself to Paul.

Answer 3

In Acts Chap 9 Saul was temporarily blinded when he came in contact with the presence of the Lord.

After his conversion his named is changed to Paul, showing that a major change had taken place in his life.

Hope that helps some

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Answer 4

Acts 9:1-8 states:

Now Saul (Paul), still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.

On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

He said, "Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do."

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.

And then in verse 18:

Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

He was on the road to Damascus, many believe later in life he suffered from sort of eye disorder. We studied about Paul last year in Sunday School, I forget the name of the eye disorder he had, though.

Answer 6

No, he was blinded on the Damascus road but that was temporary.
I think what your eludeing to, was eyesight problems his thrown in the flesh that he asked God to remove from him? The basis for the question is why? because he used scribes to pen his letters and then just signed off on them in his own hand?

No one really knows what his thorn in the flesh was.

Answer 7

Yes, but only for a little while. He was blinded when he encountered Christ on the road to Damascus. Later, in Damascus, he was healed by Ananaias.

Answer 8

He was blinded by megalomania.. He saw his chance to wrench control away from Peter and James and hijack the christian religion away from them.. He had his "vision" on the road to damascus, disappeared for thirteen years and then reappeared in Jerusalem to say "It's okay for non-jews to become christians."

When, in fact, if the only people that were educated on christianity and were lied to and told that Jesus was the "Messiah", the christian faith would have died away and no one would have ever even remembered who Jesus was one or two hundred years later..
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Roses are redish
Violets are bluish
If it wasn't for Paul
We would all be Jewish !!!

Answer 9

I've heard some people say they think he had some sort of vision problem, but I don't know why they say that. It doesn't say anywhere in the Bible that he was blind.

Answer 10

He was blind to the truth...