Chapter 3—Paul Enters Upon His Ministry Paul was baptized by Ananias in the river of Damascus. He was then strengthened by food, and immediately began to preach Jesus to the believers in the city, the very ones whom he had set out from Jerusalem with the purpose of destroying. He also taught in the synagogues that Jesus who had been put to death was indeed the Son of God. His arguments from prophecy were so conclusive, and his efforts were so attended by the power of God, that the opposing Jews were confounded and unable to answer him. Paul’s rabbinical and Pharisaic education was now to be used to good account in preaching the gospel, and in sustaining the cause he had once used every effort to destroy.{LP 32.2}

Paulus blev døbt af Ananias i Damaskus-floden. Så blev han styrket med mad, og begyndte straks at forkynde Jesus for de troende i staden, over for dem som han havde sendt ud fra Jerusalem, med henblik på udslettelse. Han lærte også i synagogerne at Jesus som var blevet lagt i døden, faktisk var Guds Søn. Hans argumenter fra profetien var så afgørende, at hans anstrengelser blev fulgt op af Guds kraft, så de fjendtlige jøder blev så forvirrede og ude af stand til at svare ham. Paulus rabiner- og farrisæruddannelse skulle nu bruges til noget godt, at forkynde evangeliet, og støtte den sag han tidligere satte alt ind på at ødelægge.