“And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.”
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.—Saul's blindness is both literal judgment on his former spiritual blindness and a grace-condition stripping him of self-sufficiency. The detail 'led by the hand' emphasizes utter dependence, fitting for a man about to surrender control. Three days of blindness (like Jonah in the fish, like Jesus in the tomb) mark a liminal period of transformation.
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