Saul escapes Damascus and visits Jerusalem
Acts 9:23–31; 2 Corinthians 11:32–33; Galatians 1:18–24
When the Jews of Damascus plotted to kill him, the disciples let Saul down through an opening in the wall in a basket. In Jerusalem Barnabas vouched for him, and he stayed with Peter fifteen days before being sent home to Tarsus.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.
Galatians 1:18 (World English Bible)
Paul later recalled that the governor of Damascus under King Aretas guarded the city to arrest him (2 Corinthians 11:32). In Jerusalem the disciples at first were afraid of him. Then the churches throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up (Acts 9:31).
Places
JerusalemDamascusCaesareaCiliciaSyriaTarsus
Dating notes
Ussher: AD 37, three years after his conversion (Galatians 1:18).