Reading for April 28th

Read Acts 9.1-9
In 9.1-31: The Call of Saul.
In verses 1-2: Saul's pursuit of the disciples of the lord is confirmed by Paul's letter's (1 Cor 15.9), but Luke's stress on the active collaboration of the high priest and Temple authorities (see also 9.14; 22.5; 26.10, 12) raises questions whether they had such powers of extradition.
The letters to the synagogues were common means of introduction or recommendations (see Acts 28.21; 2 Cor 3.1).
Acts tells nothing more about the mission to Damascus or "all the towns" (8.40).
The  Way is a designation of the followers of Jesus used by both members and adversaries (19.9, 23; 22.4; 24.14, 22).
In verse 3: The light from heaven is a sign of divine presence (see Lk 2.9; 9.29; 10.18; 17.24; 24.4; Acts 22.6; 26.13).
In verses 4-5: repeating Saul's name recalls the call story of Moses, also in a divine display (Ex 3;
1 Sam 3.4, 10), revealing that Saul is persecuting the Lord Jesus in the persons of his followers (Lk 10.16).
In verse 8: Saul's temporary blindness is probably a divine judgment (13.11, 17-18; isa 6.9-10, cited in Acts 28.26-27).
In verse 9: Saul was apparently fasting (v. 11; 13.1-3).
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