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Apostles

Saul

Pharisee of Tarsus who breathed out threatenings against the church — until the risen Christ met him on the Damascus road. Same person as the apostle Paul.

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Paul Ananias Stephen

5 lessons

The Kingdom
Give Us a King
Israel demands a king like the nations, and Saul, the tall son of Kish, is anointed.
The Kingdom
Saul Rejected
An unlawful sacrifice and a spared Amalekite king: how the throne slipped from Saul's hands.
The Kingdom
David Anointed
Samuel goes to Bethlehem with a horn of oil — and the LORD looks where men do not.
Acts of the Apostles
Stephen and Philip
The first martyr's heaven-opened gaze — and a deacon on a desert road preaching Jesus from Isaiah.
Acts of the Apostles
Saul's Conversion
A breathing-out-threats Pharisee, a noonday light brighter than the sun, and a voice from heaven calling him by name.