“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.” None could deny the apostle’s statements, and there were many present who could testify to their truthfulness. He then acknowledged his former zeal in persecuting “this way unto the death,” and narrated the circumstances of his wonderful conversion, telling his hearers how his own proud heart had been brought to bow to the crucified Nazarene. Had he attempted to enter into argument with his opponents, they would have stubbornly refused to listen to his words; but this relation of his experience was attended with a convincing power that for the time seemed to soften and subdue their hearts.{LP 219.1}

"Jeg er en jødisk mand, født i Tarsus i Kilikien, men vokset op i denne by; ved Gamaliels fødder er jeg blevet oplært i vor fædrene lov efter al dens strenghed, og jeg var nidkær for Gud, sådan som I alle er det i dag." Ingen skal fornægte apostlens udtalelser, og der var mange til stede som kunne bevidne deres sandfærdighed. Så anerkendte han sin tidligere iver for at forfølge "denne vej til døden," og fortælle omstændighederne om hans forunderlige omvendelse, fortælle sine tilhørere hvordan hans eget stolte hjerte har måtte bøje sig for den korsfæstede nazaræer. Prøvede han må at argumentere med sine modstandere, ville de hårdnakket afvise at lytte til hans ord; men dette forhold i hans erfaring blev efterfulgt af en overbevisende kraft, som for en tid lod til at blødgøre og underlæge deres hjerter.