Acts 9: Saul is chosen by the Lord

Saul was persecuting the Church. He was going to Damascus,

4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

He became blind until he met Ananias who was called by Jesus to help Saul:

15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he/Saul is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; 16 for I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.”


Jesus said that Saul is a σκευος εκλογης (skeuos eklogēs) ; a chosen vessel (instrument). Indeed, Saul did not attend any altar call to become a Christian and we don´t know of any baptism by the Spirit that made Saul talk in languages, however it is very clear that Saul was a persecutor of Jesus and became persecuted for Jesus.