What happened to Saul on the road to Damascus?
As Saul journeyed near Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly shone around him, and he fell to the earth. He heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" Saul answered, "Who art thou, Lord?" The speaker was the Lord from heaven.
Les teaches that Saul was the Pharisee and religious fanatic who was yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest and obtained letters to the synagogues at Damascus so that if he found any Jews, men or women, who followed Jesus of Nazareth, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed and came near Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" Saul asked, "Who art thou, Lord?" Les explains that the Lord here was Jehovah, and Saul had such awe for the name that he knew this voice came from the presence of God, even though he asked, "Who art thou, Lord?"
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
More Questions
Who answered Saul on the Damascus road, and who was that person really?
The answer to Saul's question was 'I am Jesus' — the very one Saul thought was an imposter and blasphemer was the same Jehovah who called Abraham, spoke to Moses, and spoke to David.
Why did Saul become the man he became after his encounter with Jesus?
This experience of hearing the voice from heaven say 'I am Jesus whom you persecuted' explains why Saul became the man he became.
What did the voice from heaven say to Saul that changed him so dramatically?
Saul's experience of hearing the voice from heaven say 'I am Jesus whom you persecuted' explains why he became the man he became.
When Saul asked 'Who art thou, Lord?' on the Damascus road, who answered him?
When Saul of Tarsus encountered the light and voice on the Damascus road, his question "Who art thou, Lord?" was in effect asking "Who art thou, Jehovah?" — and Jehovah answered him, "I am Jesus."