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except when parts are ruled by various Herods Damascus - ancient center of Syria; site of conversion of Saul/Paul (Gal 1:17; 2 Cor 11:32; Acts 9:1-25; 22:5-11) Antioch - 3 rd largest city of Roman ...

Saul converted his name to Paul and he changed his murderous ways after his late-stage baptism. This story, Road to Damascus, has been used as an analogy for others to take a critical or negative ...

Jesus "took on flesh" so He could die for our sins and then return to a purely spiritual existence. But the incarnation ...

This thrilling production of Saul takes Handel’s dramatisation of the Bible’s first Book of Samuel and paints it in pictures ...

Saul Bal, accused of killing one Phoenix police officer and injuring another, has requested his case be sent back to the grand jury. Bal's lawyers argue that prosecutors omitted information ...

US envoy sees peace between Syria and Israel as achievable Syria no longer deemed state sponsor of terrorism by US US sanctions on Syria may be repealed within 180 days DAMASCUS, May 29 (Reuters ...