The Acts of the Apostles

The Conversion of Paul (Acts 9:1-9)

• The Conversion of Paul (Acts 9:10-19)

• Ananias Is Instructed to Go to Saul (Acts 9:10-16)

• God Instructs Ananias Where to Go (Acts 9:10-11)

• Paul Is Shown a Vision of Ananias Coming to Him (Acts 9:12)

• Ananias Fears Because of Who Saul Is (Acts 9:13-14)

• The Lord Informs Ananias That He Has Chosen Saul (Acts 9:15-16)

• Ananias Goes to Saul (Acts 9:17-19)

• Ananias Informs Saul That He Was Sent to Restore His Sight (Acts 9:17)

• Saul Is Mentally Controlled by the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:17)

• The Scales Fall from Saul’s Eyes, Restoring His Sight (Acts 9:18)

• Saul Takes Food and Is Strengthened (Acts 9:19)

• There Is a Timeline Break in Acts 9:19 Between Sentences

  • Saul Took Food and Was Strengthened (Acts 9:19a)

  • Saul Was with the Disciples at Damascus for Some Days (Acts 9:20)

Paul Is Trained by Christ in the Wilderness for Three Years (Galatians 1:11–2:1)

• Paul’s Gospel Was Not from Men (Galatians 1:11-14)

  • He Did Not Receive It from Men (Galatians 1:11-12)

  • He Persecuted the Church in His Former Life (Galatians 1:13)

  • He Was Advancing in Judaism Beyond His Peers (Galatians 1:14)

• Paul Is Called by Grace (Galatians 1:15)

  • Paul Was Set Apart from the Womb (Galatians 1:15)

  • He Was Called Through Grace (Galatians 1:15)

• Paul Describes His Experience on the Damascus Road (Acts 9:1-9)

• Paul Did Not Go Up to Jerusalem After His Conversion (Galatians 1:16)

• Paul Spent Three Years in Arabia, Then Returned to Damascus

• After Three Years, He Went Up to Jerusalem but Was Only Seen by Peter and James (Galatians 1:18-19)

• Paul Spends Time in Syria and Cilicia (Galatians 1:20-24)

• After Fourteen Years, Paul Goes Up to Jerusalem to Discuss the Revelation Given to Him (Galatians 2:1)

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Damascus (Acts 9:19-25)

• Saul Returned from Arabia and Spent a Few Days with the Disciples in Damascus (Acts 9:19b)

• Saul Immediately Begins Proclaiming That Jesus Is the Son of God in the Synagogues (Acts 9:20-21)

• All Who Heard Him Were Amazed, for They Were Aware of Who He Was (Acts 9:21)

• The Disciples Also Knew Paul’s Original Intent for Coming to Damascus (Acts 9:21)

• Saul, Endowed with Great Strength, Stirred Up the Jews (Acts 9:22)

• The Jews in Damascus

• He Proved That Jesus Was the Messiah

The Jews of Damascus Plot to Kill Saul (Acts 9:23-25)

• After Many Days of Paul Confounding Them, They Plotted to Kill Him (Acts 9:23)

• Saul Became Aware of Their Plot (Acts 9:24)

• The Disciples Lowered Saul in a Basket Down the Wall for Him to Escape (Acts 9:25)

• The Jews Had Persuaded the Governor of Damascus to Seize Paul (2 Corinthians 11:32-33)

Paul Proclaims the Resurrected Christ in Jerusalem (Acts 9:26-30)

• Paul Goes to Jerusalem Seeking to Join the Disciples (Acts 9:26)

• Barnabas Accepts Paul and Brings Him to the Apostles (Peter and James) (Acts 9:27)

• Paul Declares the Resurrected Christ in Jerusalem (Acts 9:28)

• Paul Disputes with the Hellenists, but They Seek to Kill Him (Acts 9:29)

• When the Disciples Hear of the Plot, They Send Paul to Tarsus (Acts 9:30)

Paul Spends Time in Tarsus, Learning to Apply the Doctrine Taught to Him by Christ (Romans 7:7–8:14)

• The Law Is Deceptive (Romans 7:7-12)

• The Law Manifests the Sinfulness of the Sin Nature (Romans 7:13-14)

• The Struggle Within (Romans 7:15-24)

• Freedom Over Sin (Romans 7:25–8:2)

• The Impact of Our Frame of Mind (Romans 8:3-6)

• The Flesh Cannot Please God (Romans 8:7-8)

• We Are No Longer of the Flesh (Romans 8:9-13)

• We Are Sons (Romans 8:14)