“And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.”
'And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting' — Jesus self-identifies as 'the Nazarene,' a title of scorn in Jewish polemic, yet the One Paul now acknowledges as 'Lord.' The equation of persecuting believers with persecuting Jesus articulates the mystical unity of Christ and church.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:8
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are this day. Acts 22:3 I am a man, he says, which am a Jew: which thing they liked most of all to hear; born in Tarsus, a city of Cilicia. That they may not again think him to be of another nation, he adds his religion: but brought up in this city.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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