destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?’ ” (Acts 9:21). The transformation is stunning. Saul, no doubt with blood stains still on his garment from Christians he had tortured, now stood with arms outstretched announcing, “I’m here to testify to you that Jesus is the Messiah, God’s Son.” And the people who heard it were amazed. The Greek text uses the term from which we get the word “ecstatic.” They responded with nothing