What happened to Paul when he returned to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple?
According to Acts 22:17-18, when Paul returned to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple, he fell into a trance and saw Jesus speaking to him. This occurred as Paul addressed a Jewish crowd, explaining that the crucified one had sent him to the Gentiles.
Les explains that after Paul’s journeys to the Gentiles, he came back to Jerusalem and tried to convince the Jews that the one they crucified had sent him to the Gentiles. In Acts 22, Paul rehearses his Damascus road experience. Then in verses 17–18, he says that when he came again to Jerusalem and prayed in the temple, he was in a trance and saw Jesus speaking to him. Les notes this is Jesus speaking directly to the Apostle Paul while he was in the temple.
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
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