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Jan 4, 2022 · Of course, Paul did encounter the Lord Jesus on the Damascus Road after Christ’s resurrection. While Jesus’ appearance to Paul may have been different in character from Christ’s pre-ascension appearances, this encounter with Paul was no merely subjective vision, as both Jesus’ voice (Acts 9:7) and the bright light (Acts 22:9) were ...
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Feb 5, 2016 · Paul’s status as a witness is not dependent on his visual observations. Paul Did Actually Testify to a Visual Experience. Even though Paul clearly described what he heard on the road to Damascus, we shouldn’t be too quick to reject the reasonable inference related to his visual observations of Jesus. The passages in Acts describe Paul’s ...
- The Post-Resurrection Appearance to Paul
- The Nature of This Appearance
- Conclusion
Jesus’s post-resurrection appearance to Paul is described in detail in Acts 9:1–19; 22:6–16; and 26:12–23. After the initial report of the experience, Luke might have saved significant effort and space by simply saying , “And Paul reported to the crowd/Agrippa how Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus” or something to that effect. Luke’s in...
Scholars perennially debate whether the appearance of the resurrected Jesus to Paul was an objective or subjective experience. The Acts accounts support viewing the experience as objective. The bystanders saw the light from heaven (though they did not see Jesus) and fell to the ground along with Paul. They also heard the voice (though for reasons n...
Paul regarded the crucifixion of Jesus as essential to the gospel (Rom 1:1–8; 1 Cor 15:3–4) and thus crucial for the forgiveness of sinners (1 Cor 15:17). He saw the resurrection of Jesus as the basis for the believer’s hope for resurrection (1 Cor 15:20–28) and courage in the face of deadly persecution (1 Cor 15:29b –34). As Paul preached the resu...
Oct 21, 2022 · Paul is claiming to be an eyewitness to the resurrection, albeit one with different credentials than Peter or James since he did not know Jesus before the resurrection. His experience was like one with an “untimely birth” (ESV). This word (ἔκτρωμα) is used for a stillborn child or a miscarriage. Many commentators think this is an ...
Apr 12, 2022 · So why does Paul say he appeared to “the twelve.”. I think there are two major options. One – I think this is the one most scholars take – is that when Paul says “the Twelve” he is using it as a technical term to refer to “the group of Jesus’ chosen disciples.”. This group was simply called “the twelve.”. And even if ...
Apr 19, 2024 · For in Paul’s view, there were two phases of Jesus’ life. In the first phase, Jesus was a 1st-century Galilean preacher who was crucified by Roman authorities. One question, then, is whether Paul met this earthly Jesus. The second, though, concerns the resurrected Jesus whom Paul believed to have conquered sin and death and been raised up ...
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Mar 31, 2020 · These three facts about the Historical Jesus are held by most critical scholars and historians: 1. Jesus’ death by crucifixion. 2. Very Shortly after Jesus’ death, the disciples had experiences that led them to believe and proclaim that Jesus had been resurrected and had appeared to them. 3.
