[The average reader of the New Testament has little more than a passing interest in this problem. For him it is sufficient that it is nowhere specifically mentioned in the New Testament that Paul did see Jesus in the days of His flesh.
Certainly a fact of such importance would not have been passed over in silence had it actually occurred. Paul himself makes very few direct references to incidents in Jesus' earthly ministry
and seems everywhere to be interested, chiefly, in the spiritual nature of the Lord. But when we endeavor to make a critical study of St. Paul's life, this problem becomes an important
factor for the proper interpretation of Paul's religious experience.
The chief point of interest in the discussion of this subject is in regard to the bearing it has on the nature of Paul's conversion. Had Paul seen Jesus before that day when on the Road to Damascus suddenly there shone from heaven a
great light round, about him and a voice' said unto him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" How came Paul to associate
the object of that revelation so directly and absolutely with the Crucified Christ? And why was the cross of Christ then so indelibly burned upon Paul's mind that it took the central place throughout his whole apostolic life?]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/45394 |
| Date | January 1918 |
| Creators | Schwabauer, George Albert |
| Publisher | Boston University |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | No known copyright restrictions, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ |
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