Luke’s portrayal of Saul (Paul) here is comparable to the previous descriptions: he is depicted as the enemy of the word, except that his involvement in the persecution against the church has intensified (9:1–2). An observer of the stoning of Stephen (7:58) and one who begins to “destroy the church” (8:3), here Saul is “breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples” (9:1). He has also become a leader of a movement, as he requested letters from the high priest to capture disciples in Damascus. This introduction allows one to read this narrative as the confrontation between Saul and the work of God. As an enemy of the word, Saul should have suffered the same as Judas (1:18–19) or Ananias and Sapphira (5:1–11). Instead, this enemy of the word is to be transformed into one of t…