Believe You Me

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.-Acts 9:26-31***The Israelites knew that Paul (Saul) was a Pharisee, and a Roman citizen, born in Tarsus into the tribe of Benjamin. Paul was known for persecuting and imprisoning  any Israelites who believed Jesus, who had been crucified, to be the Christ, the Son of God. Some Israelites knew that Paul guarded the garments of a group of Israelites who stoned Stephen to death, and some knew that Paul received permission from the high priest to journey to the synagogues in Damascus in Syria to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found. The Israelites in Jerusalem did not fully understand that when Paul journeyed to Damascus, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them, and Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him. Paul spoke to Jesus, and obeyed Jesus, and in Damascus Paul was baptized. In the synagogues in Damascus, Paul proclaimed the good news of Jesus to the non-believers among them. Many Israelites made plans to kill Paul. Several years thereafter, Paul returned to Jerusalem and found that the disciples of Jesus were still fearful and skeptical of Paul. However, Barnabas, an Israelite from the tribe of Levi, gave an explanation of Paul's new life in Christ.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans 1:1-32, 11:1-36, 2 Corinthians 1:1-24, 11:1-33, Galatians 1:1-2:21, Philippians 1:1-30, 3:1-21 

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