What happened to Saul on the road as he came near Damascus?
As Saul journeyed and came near Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven, from above, shone round about him. He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?' He then asked, 'Who art thou?'
Les explains that Saul of Tarsus was a good Jew who was trying to stamp out the believing Jews who followed the heresy that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. He was breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest and desired letters to Damascus, wanting to go into Gentile territory and the synagogues to find any of this way—that Jesus was the Christ—and bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed and came near Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven, from above, shone round about him. He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying, 'Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?' He asked, 'Who art thou?' Les points out that the word 'Lord' throughout the Old Testament was used by the Jews in place of the name Jehovah, which they held in such awe they did not want to repeat, and they substituted 'Lord.'
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
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