how could Paul and Jesus of bible ever have met, and how does one then become a scholar overnight?

Question

Paul claims to be a scholar which is something achieved by lifelong study from an early child

Paul supposedly was working as religious police going around and arresting heretics for the High Priest (Sadducees)

see also http://www.atheistalliance.org/jhc/reviews/Maccoby.htm

Nonetheless, questions remain. If the discontinuity posited by Maccoby between the Jewish Jesus-movement of James the Just and Peter, on the one hand, and the Mystery religion of Paul, on the other, was really so abrupt, on what possible ground can they ever have met? How can Paul or James have meaningfully viewed each other as in any sense as brothers or colleagues? Can they have even have been close enough to agree to disagree? What fellowship have the Zealots with the cult of Attis?

Answer 1

Paul claimed to have hallucinated Jesus and conned a lot people into following his teachings instead of Peter's.

Answer 2

Paul studied under Gamaliel at Jerusalem.You can't get any better than that at" Hebrew U."Then after his conversion he studied for 2 years in the Arabian Desert under God himself,I believe.
Jesus never had to study.He inspired the whole Old Testament as God the Son 2nd person of the Trinity.
Paul was probably in his early 30s when he took out after the Christians and probably was in some of the crowds of heckelers when Jesus taught in the Temple.Some even think he was the rich young ruler who would not sell what he had to follow Jesus.Might have made him bitter after that.
Paul was a Pharisee the son of a Pharisee.Which means his family had some bucks!

Answer 3

No, Paul and Jesus never met. Jesus was gone from earth
before Paul became familiar with his teachings. Paul was a highly educated Jewish religious scholar and a Roman citizen as well. He initially considered the Christian sect blasphemers and a threat to the Jewish religion and he was put in charge of crushing these upstarts. Apparently he witnessed the execution by stoning of St. Stephen. On the road to Damascus to further dig up evidence and shut the growth of this sect down Paul (named Saul) was struck by lightening and temporarily blinded. A voice from heaven cried out saying Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
Hence his conversion to Christianity.

Answer 4

Paul was studying under the high priest since childhood. He knew the law well. He never met Jesus as a flesh and blood individual, rather he was spoken to by Jesus from heaven after being blinded by a bright light on the road to Damascus. He was instructed to seek one of Jesus followers, which he did, and was instructed in Jesus teachings. He along with other disciples (including Peter)preached throughout the region about Jesus. He was a very well spoken individual and was able to argue Law with the Jews due to his training. This is in the bible - try reading it before you ask questions with obvious answers.

Answer 5

Both Paul and Jesus were scholars, having studied scripture for many years. Paul was a Pharisee, not Sadducee. It is likely that Saul (later Paul) heard Jesus speaking at the Temple, unless he made a point of avoiding him. At least he would have heard accounts of his teachings, since they created so much controversy. The Temple was the center of Jewish worship and culture; many families traveled there at least yearly. Of course there were opportunities to meet.

Answer 6

Paul was a scholar. As a "Pharisee of the Pharisees" he was high up on the list of the religious "righteous" and had been groomed for the role from an early age, by his Pharisee father.

Paul's meeting with Jesus takes place in Acts 9.

Answer 7

Yes, Paul, as a Pharisee would have been schooled and trained in the synagogue. Paul clearly was familiar with the modern philosophies of his time. Paul persecuted the first Christians and is recorded as present at the stoning of Stephen. Paul makes his claim of authority based on revelation, that Jesus appeared to him in a revelation. Paul also supposedly spent time with Annanias after his conversion.

Answer 8

I don't believe that the Bible says that they met, unless you want to consider Paul's conversion experience a meeting with Jesus. My understanding is that as a young man Paul had a fairly rigorous education mixing Jewish and Greek cultures. Such an education might qualify one to be considered a scholar back then.

Answer 9

Jesus came back to earth after he died and talked with the apostles and many others for many days. Jesus had a body just like Moses and Elijah had when the apostles saw them. Paul didn't choose to be a believer he was chosen by God. God does the chosing not the people. faith is a Gift. If you have the gift of faith then you will have eternal life and God will answer any question that you have.

Answer 10

They "met" on the road to Damascus recorded in Acts ch. 9. Saul was a very educated man but persecuted early Cheristians. Jesus viewed his heart however, and used him. Saul then became Paul after the events in ch. 9.

Answer 11

Jesus came to Saul in a vision on the road to Damascus, where He also blinded Saul. Saul was one of Jesus' followers greatest enemies. Saul was then healed of his blindness by the Lord through the Holy Ghost in Ananias, a disciple of Jesus. Once healed, he was then baptized, and was filled with the Holy Ghost. He then traveled with Barnabas to Jerusalem, and told the apostles of all that had happened to Saul. The apostles accepted the word of Barnabas, who was also filled with the Holy Ghost, and accepted Saul as one of their own. He later became known as Paul when he began his missionary work with Barnabas.

He did not, as you say preach a different message than Peter. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and led by the spirit of God.

You should try reading and quoting what is written, instead of quoting your perverted version that your limited understanding affords you.