Read: Acts 9:26–31
Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and described to them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord. Acts 9:27
The apostles had known Saul to be an enemy and persecutor of the church. Therefore, they were reluctant to believe in Saul’s conversion and hesitated to welcome him into their community. Enter Barnabas, a respected member of the church. Barnabas was a man of standing who had been financially generous to the fledgling church. Barnabas, who’d had his own conversion experience, came to Saul’s defense. Eventually, on Barnabas’s word, Saul was…
