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13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

Acts 13:9 tells of Saul (a Hebrew name), who also is called Paul (a Roman name). It could be he had both names from his youth. He was born in Tarsus a free man, a Roman citizen, and that gave him great advantage, plus he was also of Hebrew lineage, a Benjaminite (Phil 3:5), trained by the best Jewish scholar, Gamaliel, in Jerusalem (Acts 22:3), according to the Pharisaic tradition. He had great advantage in both the Roman and Jewish community. Paul as a free born Roman citizen had more status than that of a chief captain that had purchased his citizenship (Acts 22:24-29). As a Hebrew he had access to the synagogue where he would preach Christ, plus Saul had more impressive credentials than many of the Jews (Phil 3:4-6). Yet he counted all this Roman and Hebrew status as loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus (Phil 3:3, 7-9) Paul's dramatic testimony is shown in Acts 9 & 22. Moses had similar testimony (Heb 11:23-29). 

Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

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A message of comfort from the Scriptures,
that we through patience and comfort
of the scriptures might have hope.

Come and hear, all ye that fear God,
and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms 66:16

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