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then he ate some food and regained his strength. Sha'ul spent some days with the talmidim in Dammesek,
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and immediately he began proclaiming in the synagogues that Yeshua is the Son of God.
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All who heard him were amazed. They asked, "Isn't he the man who in Yerushalayim was trying to destroy the people who call on this name? In fact, isn't that why he came here, to arrest them and bring them back to the head cohanim?"
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But Sha'ul was being filled with more and more power and was creating an uproar among the Jews living in Dammesek with his proofs that Yeshua is the Messiah.
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Quite some time later, the non-believing Jews gathered together and made plans to kill him;
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but their plot became known to Sha'ul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to do away with him;
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but under cover of night, his talmidim took him and let him down over the city wall, lowering him in a large basket.
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On reaching Yerushalayim, he tried to join the talmidim; but they were all afraid of him - they didn't believe he was a talmid.
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However, Bar-Nabba got hold of him and took him to the emissaries. He told them how Sha'ul had seen the Lord while traveling, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Dammesek Sha'ul had spoken out boldly in the name of Yeshua.
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So he remained with them and went all over Yerushalayim continuing to speak out boldly in the name of the Lord.
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He talked and debated with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they began making attempts to kill him.