When it became clear that he really was a Christian, his conversion became a cause for rejoicing and thanksgiving among the disciples, who heard, not that just any former opposer had undergone a change of heart, but rather that “the man that formerly persecuted us is now declaring the good news about the faith which he formerly devastated. ” ​ — Acts 9: 26; Galatians 1: 23, 24.
Bet, kad noskaidrojās, ka Sauls patiesi ir kristietis, tad mācekļi par to bija bezgala priecīgi un pateicās Dievam, jo viņi dzirdēja, ka nevis kāds no pretiniekiem ir sirdī mainījies, bet gan ka tieši ” tas, kas mūs citkārt vajāja, sludina tagad to ticību, ko viņš senāk centās iznīcināt ”.