What experience does Paul rehearse in Acts 22?
In Acts 22, Paul rehearses his conversion experience on the road to Damascus, where he encountered Jesus, and his later trance in the Jerusalem temple where Jesus spoke to him, sending him to the Gentiles. He recounts this to the Jewish crowd to show the one they crucified had sent him to the Gentiles.
Les explains that in Acts 22 Paul is addressing a great crowd of Jews after returning to Jerusalem from his journeys to the Gentiles. Paul rehearses his tremendous experience on the road to Damascus, and then in verses 17 and 18 he describes praying in the temple, being in a trance, and seeing Jesus speaking to him. Les notes Paul's purpose was to get these Jews to see that the one they crucified had sent him to the Gentiles.
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Where had Paul been before returning to Jerusalem in Acts 22?
Paul returned to Jerusalem after his journeys to the Gentiles.