Ananias explained to Saul that Jesus had sent him so that Saul would be able to see again and so that he would receive the holy spirit. Who knows what those words did to Saul after his three days of turmoil and blindness? Whatever was going on inside him, the outward evidence was clear: something like scales fell from his eyes (another proverbial phrase; had the blinding light caused some sort of a scab?), and he could see. We in the modern world do not put much stock in “miracles.” But when we are faced with events that seem to fall in no other category, we speak of miracles as though they
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