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Conversion of Paul the Apostle
Event in the life of Paul the Apostle according to the New Testament / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Conversion of Paul the Apostle (disambiguation).
The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the "road to Damascus" event) was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Saul/Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus.
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