looks not backward to the constitution of this authoritative group, but forward to the validation of the Pauline missionary journeys Luke is about to describe. First Corinthians 15 is another passage altogether, but we must allude to it in order to have an adequate theological understanding of what is and is not said in Acts 9. Paul is concerned in his letter to Corinth with establishing the continuity of his own experience of the risen Christ with the preascension appearances to the disciples and