[editor-surveyor]

> “Also, you don’t carry scrolls (which are sacred), except in certain prescribed situations.

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Paul was on the road to damascus to hold court, and bring accusation (likely unto death) against a group of Christians. He represented the full authority of the Sanhedrin in that function.
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[kosta50]

Paul was on the road to damascus to hold court, and bring accusation (likely unto death) against a group of Christians. He represented the full authority of the Sanhedrin in that function

Only someone utterly misinformed would believe that. Paul had no authority in Damascus. But for people who don't know history the story seems perfectly believable.

[Jaded]

Um, when Saul of Tarsus was on the road to Damascus he wasn’t going to arrest “Christians” he was going to arrest Jews who were breaking Jewish Law, in his mind.