What happensPermalink
On the road to Damascus, Saul encounters Jesus in a vision. Jesus announces Himself and blinds Saul. After Ananias heals him, he begins proclaiming Jesus as Messiah, but Jews plan to kill him; he escapes to Jerusalem, where he meets the apostles. Peter heals Aeneas and resurrects Tabitha.
Why it mattersPermalink
Saul’s anti-Christian campaign in Jerusalem spread the Gospel to Samaria; now his infamy among Christians, despite his conversion, spreads the Gospel to Tarsus, a major city, heading out toward “the ends of the Earth” as Jesus commands in Acts 1. The Spirit’s power in Peter continues.
Key versePermalink
But the Lord said to [Ananias], “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.”