Conversion of Saint Paul. The conversion of Paul the Apostle, was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.
It is normally dated to AD 33-36. Since his birth is estimated at 5 AD, he would have been somewhere around the age of 28-31 at his conversion.
Paul's conversion experience is discussed in both the Pauline epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know him before his crucifixion.
Paul's conversion occurred after Jesus' crucifixion. The accounts of Paul's conversion experience describe it as miraculous, supernatural, or otherwise revelatory in nature.
Before his conversion, Paul, also known as Saul, was a Pharisee of Pharisees, who intensely persecuted the followers of Jesus. Says Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians: For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers., NIV Paul also discusses his pre-conversion life in his Epistle to the Philippians, and his participation in the stoning of Stephen is described in. In the Pauline epistles, the description of the conversion experience is brief. The First Epistle
It is normally dated to AD 33-36. Since his birth is estimated at 5 AD, he would have been somewhere around the age of 28-31 at his conversion.
Paul's conversion experience is discussed in both the Pauline epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know him before his crucifixion.
Paul's conversion occurred after Jesus' crucifixion. The accounts of Paul's conversion experience describe it as miraculous, supernatural, or otherwise revelatory in nature.
Before his conversion, Paul, also known as Saul, was a Pharisee of Pharisees, who intensely persecuted the followers of Jesus. Says Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians: For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers., NIV Paul also discusses his pre-conversion life in his Epistle to the Philippians, and his participation in the stoning of Stephen is described in. In the Pauline epistles, the description of the conversion experience is brief. The First Epistle
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