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At his conversion on the road to Damascus, God renames Saul "Paul." In the Bible, or not?

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The answer

Not in the Bible. Acts 9 gives the light, the voice, the blindness, and Ananias — but no new name. He stays "Saul" for four more chapters, until Acts 13:9 mentions, in passing, "Saul, also known as Paul."

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Why it’s interesting

When scripture means a renaming, it says so — Abram becomes Abraham, Jacob becomes Israel, with announcements. Saul-and-Paul is the ordinary two-name life of a Jew in the Roman world: a Hebrew name and a Roman one, likely both his from birth.

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