1. The disciples were afraid of Saul until Barnabas told about his encounter with Lord.Excerpts from The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.

2. 26 And when he had come 28 So he went in and outto Jerusalem he among them atattempted to join the Jerusalem,disciples; and they were29 preaching boldly in theall afraid of him, for they name of the Lord. And hedid not believe that he spoke and disputedwas a disciple. against the Hellenists;27 But Barnabas tookbut they were seeking tohim, and brought him to kill him.the apostles, and 30 And when the brethrendeclared to them how on knew it, they brought himthe road he had seen thedown to Caesarea, andLord, who spoke tosent him off to Tarsus.him, and how atDamascus he hadpreached boldly in thename of Jesus. 3. 31 So the churchthroughout all Judea andGalilee and Samaria hadpeace and was built up;and walking in the fear ofthe Lord and in thecomfort of the Holy Spiritit was multiplied. 4. Picture this your biggestmessage you can understandpersecutor who has the apostles apprehension.always been a constant Barnabas, whose namesource of irritation means son of consolation,because he wants tobecame Pauls characterforce you to do his will witness and told how Paulshows up at your front really had changed.door and says, Because of BarnabasHey Ive changed and I testimony Paul was allowedwant to be your friend.to join the group.Would you believe him? Paul was then sent to the cityNo, you would want him asof his birth, Tarsus as afar away from you as representative of the churchpossible.and in an attempt to saveWhen Paul journeys tohis life.Jerusalem with the same 5. Paul probably moved to Jerusalem at about the age oftwelve to study under the famous Rabbi Gamaliel. 6. Jesus had preached to the Because he loved the LordJews and they tried and wanted to do Histo, and eventually did kill work.Him.His preaching must haveHere we see Saul, alsobeen excellent becauseknown asan ineffective person isntPaul, preaching to thepersecuted, they areGreek speakingsimply ignored.Hellenists and they alsoActually, Paul must haveplotted to kill him.realized that hisPaul had held the cloaks of preaching wasthose who killed Stepheneffective, because nowhen he had spokenone could disprove hisabout Christ in statements, therefore hisJerusalem, why then opponents only had onewould Paul do the same? option, kill him. 7. Excerpts from The Holy Bible : Revised Standard Version Second Catholic edition (2006), with the ecclesiastical approval of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Thomas Nelson Publishing for Ignatius Press.