Who would believe it? Saul, the primary punk adversary of the followers of the way, blind in Damascus? Saul, the instigator of Stephen’s stoning and death, the one who breathed out murderous threats against the followers of Jesus, now in Damascus in a spiritual safe house? Is this a bluff? Could this be a trick? Could this be a game concocted by the enemies of Jesus to lure us into a trap? How could a man who was feared by so many now be a blind, helpless squatter at a house on a street called Straight?

Doubt, concern, anxiety, and trepidation came with the news. This man named Saul caused terror in the hearts of Jesus’ people. He would spare no mercy. He held the coats of the gang who stoned Stephen. He would bark to them instructions during the killing. He was a criminal; a gangster of th…