Date of conversion of paul the apostle

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    Conversion of Paul the Apostle

    Event recounted in the New Testament

    This article is about the biblical event. For other uses, see The Conversion of Saint Paul (disambiguation).

    The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, DamascusChristophany and Paul's "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.

    The New Testament accounts

    Paul's conversion experience is discussed in both the Pauline epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. According to both sources, Saul/Paul was not a follower of Jesus and did not know him before his crucifixion.

    The narrative of the Book of Acts suggests Paul's conversion occurred 4–7 years after the crucifixion of Jesus.[1][2][3] The accounts of Paul's conversion experience describe it as miraculous, supernatural, or otherwi