Where in the book of Acts is Saul of Tarsus first introduced?
In the book of Acts, Saul of Tarsus is first introduced at the stoning of Stephen, where the witnesses laid their cloaks at his feet. This occurs in the early chapters, before the transition point of chapter 9, marking the next man to come on the scene in this transitional book.
Les teaches that the book of Acts is a transitional book, starting with the Jewish program and Peter and the 11, then moving to Saul of Tarsus. The first introduction of Saul is at the stoning of Stephen, where the witnesses laid their cloaks at his feet. Saul was a Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, who hated Jesus of Nazareth due to religious convictions, thinking he was doing God's service by stamping out early Jewish believers that Christ was the Messiah. This comes after the appeal to Israel to repent and the stoning of Stephen, and before the transition point of chapter 9.