Paul never forgot his encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus and the words of Jesus that the disciple Ananias must have passed on to him: “This man is a chosen vessel to me to bear my name to the nations as well as to kings and the sons of Israel. ” ​ — Acts 9: 15; Rom. 1: 1, 5; Gal. 1: 16.
وَلَمْ تَغِبْ عَنْ بَالِهِ أَيْضًا كَلِمَاتُ يَسُوعَ ٱلَّتِي لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلتِّلْمِيذُ حَنَانِيَّا قَدْ نَقَلَهَا إِلَيْهِ :‏ « هٰذَا لِي إِنَاءٌ مُخْتَارٌ لِيَحْمِلَ ٱسْمِي إِلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ وَٱلْمُلُوكِ وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ » .‏ —‏ اع ٩ :‏ ١٥ ؛‏ رو ١ :‏ ​ ١ ،‏ ٥ ؛‏ غل ١ :‏ ١٦‏ .‏