Quiz on Saints’ Lives

The conversion story of the holy Apostle Paul, who had previously had the Jewish name Saul, is miraculous. Saul, raised in Jewish law, hated and persecuted the Church of Christ, even obtaining authority from the Sanhedrin to hunt Christians. "Saul was ravaging the church, entering house after house; he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison" (Acts 8:3).  "Meanwhile, Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest and asked for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' 'Who are you, Lord?' Saul asked. 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' he replied. 'Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.' The men traveling with Saul stood speechless; they heard the sound but did not see anyone. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything" (Act.9:1-9).  
Thus, Christianity's fiercest persecutor became its tireless evangelist. Paul's life, deeds, words, and epistles all testify to him as a chosen vessel of God's grace. Neither sorrow, nor distress, nor persecution, nor hunger, nor nakedness, nor danger, nor sword, nor death could weaken his love for God.