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IV. THE WorD IS CARRIED
FURTHER: TESTIMONY
EVEN TO GENTILES
(9:1-14:28)
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A. The Persecutor Becomes a
Christian Witness
(9:1-31)
1. THE CALL OF SAUL
(@:1-19a)
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recover his st” "But Anan teed, “Lae, hve head oe my
People about this man and how much harm be his done your deed
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dhe cheno trae." ysl shall sao hi ow mach he wl have
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ou sight ad be filed wah he Hay Spit” "immediately someting He
‘lest fom hi ees, and he tected karsight He got up nd wa be,
en head ten ome od, he gained he eng,
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‘COMMENT
Here pn another ret secon of Act, which dsb the send ofthe Wie
fom etal the grap ene of cre sty tothe id age a
sna endenerindeatedin Jet command eth otes sar te
‘no othe nde thea ae 18 ands None) To inontan tresae
{oben the infantil aceite, the lade of We Tween he
Sresaway of Cristy fm osha. The sy Sel cal wih
whi his stion bg. a ptt ce inthe spend he Wed
Gente for he beng eal to bg is tesimon ose pole
ke hat foeindoed th spread a the Word f Got ster than Jes in
Jadeain he activity athe est Pip in Samara on the rnd Cas.
[Now he conti his naa of the prado the Word by secountnghaw
Sal the precio comers wes oon Ct Lae hs deny ected
Sno penecating Costin ie Jenn The soul tothe once he
‘ay Sl plans cay ths dies een o Chita s Dames Fr the Sst
Time we ear of Cisins usie athe ned cy of fren, der,
osama
“Thissan impos incident inthe Lacan soy because irate how Sal
sho wll become the hr a econ hala At sora by he es
ive Bee esi eared by Crna Cents, Lae at
‘cepa this her it the Chan comma This the stony of eeof Sol ts pat an account of his phological "comenion” tien hae
‘ered, but the dy of how dn race Hanns even the ie a ea
heen nee of Pals ee a of et ew ae he sion
wheter Pail segeence onthe dw Dama choo cone
Sion” call Send has ight ce that waa miseaigotPul een
te unectnd something ke he epee of Augustine or Luther ort
tn example ofthe “moypeciv concen’ since Pal helps fie
few ps wa ous eorcence in Pi 346; Cal 13-14 (The Apo
fa Hee cen feat A Rl at he
‘mance fs pychalopea exeenc inte Augustinian ee, ven Lk as
‘pit Sauallaran experienc tht as hnged er taro hin fom
2 pec fos wc oe sen Chis That wall at shuld be est by
Inecemerion’ isnt the toy of he cortenion of rete bu ae
‘thor henen at ut he pectin of Cas people
‘The inode is nga Lake, bers he no conto ase oly
see er 1 a wl ce ore sn he
Speeches (21-16; 260-8), Thy, he tines ove in At oe ead the soy
‘faut cnvenon Thy rprecnta sgl lon deed lately Goes
Sl himselt Late vocabulary and ple nal the fos ve qe sia,
pit is todeney tory pm and deta
"Fhe ihe scot o Sets cl Lake way eling thes, Fa Pa
gen decrtion a th experince, se Cal 11-16 1 Cor; 188-10; Pll
ST Pal msl low God resale Som tb that he might
‘reach hi fothe Gee and how he ceed the pel” lhe abe
[reaching thing nid abou! he gape the Lacan secant Rather, Sal
‘ected the church, hich becomes the way he eas shout he esto.
“hl aan aso Scr one sae
thttels how te eaperene ok pace Itmight abo Be alld commasining
‘the, since oe elles nc on halk plac onthe leg
GE Sal by the Lord fs a at isbument of eangelaaton. Hedack would
Have Ble hat hi eptde rs ional mace sony adapted a
nunisining mate” (Ps CoresionCal’ 43), bt dat hye
Ssoodorbe The ese dosnt hn th tate oa male toy ere
Fesembles the form oe OT prophet el
"The maratne undosbledy hat been dre by Lake rom his aline rc,
eas about Sl joumeyingt Danas, empovezed wi auf te
ugh tin Fran osyngguesmDamanan hs eneoune wt ei
(Chas sot distance om Ua ey, his eqn emparay nds, hi
‘eng ced fo bya Chita dip in Dara ned kt evel
Sept, eee of ght and reception the Spit
"The epee eos rover Chisphey, 4 eoibeation of Cod
Santa wh pees him with he ee of ih Cte ay |
‘shat ral human being ets how he per he en hs bane
forms even the ahpesecoe of hi church ino ms ardent ender ad
‘Meo Cari Fre Rstinony Ente Genin 2k
roles wien tn the couse of the ep the in Chit inst Ase-
fa Salto Become "s chosen insert of tne cay mame bee
Gees and ing andthe hen Ee” (315) Hee ha the ese
esti, chose by Chit han oar vie on is be He
tlc that etimony othe end fhe cath (8) Thins te ony ee
{ndheNT htt os ppentcostl appease sien Chit atone
in Cor 158, Fal hel seals fh appearance of Chi and rete
Pepenlecstal appearances coded other hu om ps Pls
Fence on his ight oe ele an “spate” | Cor 1-3)
‘See Haenchen (Act, 525-27) or eer temp of Spits, Wendl, Hine,
Drew avon Dac toanaztheee cent a gue bas Non
the fas ally suceeded, Wht we fat chap 9's Lakes dation
(ot egenday account, pace Hine wat he has eae om hs Paine
‘orcs nu Sauls experience on he oat Damas fa Cod pode
tha Srl woul goto Dunas i pseu al: be encounter bythe
ken Chis, cred by Anan, and become heen samen ho the
“schpenceuir is commisioned cay the “tame” ff tof Ling ad
Gentes CE Tim 12-14 fra illite description fhe eel.
‘oar isthe means weteby he Lan Sal snot i te atng
CChstn church Caltans Pal make we mention of Ann est,
string that hs vraon sect fons Cod and nt om burn beg
too the renonwhyhe nist on hgh tobe eld an apne Tate
‘eb the wa Sul ean ese och 6,98 ae ane,
Sed the very calle by Jess himsl hh Lot basen Sal
(9.27 Even though Anansi mda fc the sing tps dee
"on of Saal in the char the sen Chit ar called him seta Bat ge
‘ase with Gal 1216 although hee Pal uri thecal io Ga the Fer
Mores, sthe es Chit emis Anan wo oat Eater
!metator who wee eagerta envi the cence been the coy
af Sots conversion a Sauls on aceaunt ne ten onde or dee,
tel plied down ths detail
“The Lacan acount of Sal al haz aes ben compared withthe eal of
oliesothe OF (eg Kgs 22198-22s I-sJer 4-10), bt isp
tanto tonne arene Inthe OT aha sis tected asco
sion for spel mien it a tcl to change ones way af Me whey
the burden ofthe al of Sa: e become the cn Clr hon re
‘ent fr the event Cente ineed, bathe abo aed one
thatthe crated King of he Jews a bene Gas Mec tn ds He
‘celedobeceres nest Chat tochage fom hi lesepse
Sul hy cad to tender his preven uenanding of hel and to
ub to Goi will marten the ron of Chat ens Ao Je, Sl ny
‘ell hae eked font the ering of + Mesh ule bs cen ele)
ty recogie Je that Mesh, now rel ploy the shen Cait
‘haem his “ell” ivoes indeed» convenion See 0. H. Sel, “Foage
sshichtiche Remertungen=“Te signe ofthis pide in Ac about Saul cl has been well caught
WyAD Nook
“Thc fone Christians] as jie by al ho had eadie
‘athe bina tc Cian torment under cetaceans
ima nw tide The Twelve Jensle and dust st ei ey
‘seth und i the Cpl of oad the Gael bic too shape
ound [ete he ita and compton of the ge tine in
‘tic they ad shane. Forte became 1 Bad nt deo.
Baal onthe ether and, had eared them and thes potted ad
ron hm eat sd soul tothe stage a suppres thr. Pr hen
‘ecome Cran meat te Bt instance complete change fc.
ithe fit comers oe of wich we Lane olde He brought
tent mer sesh ents bt ao an imperious one nee od
‘overt intepetation and econeaon a thes he new i ie
si (Camera Th OW athe New Rl fom Alexander the
{ret to Agustin of Hippo (Oxford: Caendn, 1938 190-1)
Notewrty inhi cinta ithe mison by Lake fy mes:
tom oi journey to “An (Gal 17) alae eu 89 Dames
tire
‘The el of hl to ie“ chown tren” fhe em Chit cary it
same before Genes bing andthe chien of ae reruns ane fhe rat
Stoner of dine grace the history nt el of Chast but of he werd
‘The ahpenccu of Chests wat tnlemed by thea of hist the
tc the Cente (Rom 1:1), The Lacan dy ofthat eal and ander
ston proche the power fhe en Chitin hee a a Being
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NOTES
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