Les Feldick Bible Study

Where was Paul saved?

Paul was saved on the road to Damascus. His conversion occurred there, and it began a timeline that includes a three-year period—whether divided between Arabia and Damascus or spent entirely in Arabia—and then fourteen years until he went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas.

Les explains that Paul was saved on the road to Damascus, which he also calls Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Les notes that after this, there is a three-year period—either divided between Arabia and Damascus or spent entirely in Arabia—and then fourteen years after his conversion Paul went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. Les also points out that Paul later hooked up with Barnabas at Antioch, after having been in Cilicia, and that most chronologists place the Jerusalem Council around 51 or 52 A.D.