An ancient city of Syria with a large Jewish community in the first century. Acts places Paul’s encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus and his baptism in the city, and Paul himself recalls returning there and escaping over the wall when the governor of King Aretas was guarding it.
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Every mention
6 writings- 700 BCIsaiah: the chapters read as prophecyThe Prophets2×
- 500 BCZechariah: the humble king and the stricken shepherdThe Prophets1×
- AD 52Paul’s Letter to the GalatiansThe New Testament1×
- AD 55Paul’s Second Letter to the CorinthiansThe New Testament2×
- AD 85The Acts of the ApostlesThe New Testament14×
- 2026Jesus’s life: a chronological catalogue of the canonical narrativesThe Dossier1×