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I don’t see that this passage reveals that Paul met Jesus.

daniel1212 addressed much of this at post 126 but here are some of the relevant Scriptures again:

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. - Gal 1:11-12

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? - I Cor 9:1

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. - Acts 22:7-8

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

I don’t see that this passage reveals that Paul met Jesus.

In expanding on why i stated to you in 126 , besides it not mattering as regards authority whether Paul actually met the Lord Jesus, that He did see the Lord is clear, and the special direct revelation of the gospel that Gal. 1 refers to can indicate personal instruction.

In any case, as Paul states by the Spirit of Christ, "in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing." (2 Corinthians 12:11)

You cannot even diminish the rebuke of Balaam's donkey (Num. 22:28-30) because of the instrument that spoke it. And there is no real conflict between the gospels and Paul, and in fact the epistles work to explicate the Lord's sayings and provide consequently details and theology behind the gospels. Without the epistles we would not even have much light on ecclesiology, which Rome much depends upon even if she substantially reinvents aspects of it.

A sound basic (if not strict) description is that the OT is the Preparation (for Christ), the gospels are the Presentation (of Christ and His truths), the books of Acts is the Proclamation (of Christ's message), and the epistles are the Explanation (of Christs message and its details), while the books of Revelation is the Consummation. To God be the glory.

I don’t see that this passage reveals that Paul met Jesus.

Well, if having a conversation with someone and having them introduce themselves to you isn't *meeting* them, I don't know what is.

Perhaps it depends on what the meaning of *meet* is, eh?

Acts 9:1-6 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”