“And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.”
and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.—physical restoration (eating, regaining strength) mirrors spiritual restoration. His stay with the Damascus disciples marks the beginning of his integration into the very community he came to persecute. The Pauline reversal begins: the hunter becomes the hunted, the persecutor becomes the persecuted.
Church Fathers on Acts 9:19
And he received sight immediately, and arose, and was baptized. And having taken food, he recovered strength. Acts 9:19 He was faint, therefore, both from his journey and from his fear; both from hunger, and from dejection of mind. Wishing therefore to deepen his dejection, He made the man blind until the coming of Ananias: and, that he might not imagine the blindness to be (only) fancy, this is the reason of the scales. He needed no other teaching: that which had befallen…
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