c. AD 34-35
Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee zealously persecuting Christians, was traveling to Damascus when a blinding light from heaven struck him down. The risen Jesus spoke to him directly, and Saul was converted, later becoming the apostle Paul, the greatest missionary in Church history.
Paul's conversion is one of the strongest evidences for the Resurrection. The chief persecutor became the chief apostle, demonstrating the transforming power of an encounter with the risen Christ. Paul would write nearly half the New Testament.
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