2可能没有人比大数的扫罗转向主耶稣更快。扫罗受浸以后,『和大马色的门徒同在了一些日子。』(徒九19。)行传九章二十节说,『随即在各会堂里传扬耶稣,说祂是神的儿子。』这里的『随即』一辞很有意义,指明他没有多久就绝对完全的转向主。扫罗是逼迫者,但他转向主,成了盛装基督的器皿,将基督供应给人。我信路加插进『随即』一辞,目的是要显示扫罗转得非常快。在行传九章,路加也简短的记载了扫罗的传讲。按二十节,扫罗『传扬耶稣,说祂是神的儿子。』然后在二十二节,路加接著说,『扫罗越发有能力,驳倒住大马色的犹太人,证明这位耶稣就是基督。』这里路加用了『这位』一辞,说到这位就是基督。『这位』一辞很有意义,而且含意丰富。我们若研读扫罗在往大马色路上的经历,就能明白他为什么用『这位』一辞。这位是他所逼迫的,这位是犹太宗教的掌权者所反对并定罪的。这位也是许多人相信并跟从的。扫罗用『这位』一辞来强调,原因是他的听众知道耶稣,也知道扫罗和信徒身上所发生的事。九章二十一节指明这点:『凡听见的人都惊奇,说,在耶路撒冷损毁呼求这名者的,不就是这人么?并且他到这里来,不就是为要捆绑他们,带到祭司长面前去么?』因为众人都知道这事,扫罗就可以说『这位。』扫罗用这辞,指明听众知道他在说谁。因此,当扫罗开始说到耶稣,他就说这位。
2Probably no one has ever turned to the Lord Jesus more quickly than Saul of Tarsus did. After Saul was baptized, “he was with the disciples in Damascus for some days” (9:19). Verse 20 says, “And immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that this One is the Son of God.” Here the word “immediately” is significant. It indicates that in a very short period of time his turn to the Lord was absolutely completed. Saul was a persecutor, but he turned to the Lord and became a vessel to contain Christ and minister Him to others. I believe that Luke inserted the word “immediately” with the purpose of showing that Saul’s turn took place very quickly. In chapter nine Luke also gives us a short and simple record concerning Paul’sp reaching. According to verse 20, Saul “proclaimed Jesus, that this One is the Son of God.” Then in verse 22 Luke goes on to say that “Saul was all the more empowered and confounded the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this One is the Christ.” In these verses Luke twice uses the phrase “this One.” In verse 20 we see that this One is the Son of God, and in verse 22, that this One is the Christ. The phrase “this One” is meaningful and rich in its implications. If we study Saul’s experience on the road to Damascus, we shall be able to understand why he used the term “this One.” This is the One whom he persecuted, the One whom the authorities in the Jewish religion opposed and condemned. This One is also the One in whom many believed and whom they followed. The reason Saul used the expression of “this One” as his emphasis was that his audience knew about Jesus and about what was taking place with Saul and the believers. Acts 9:21 indicates this: “And all those hearing him were amazed and said, Is not this man the one who ravaged those who call upon this name in Jerusalem, and he had come here for this, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests?” Because the people knew about this, Saul could simply speak of “this One.” The fact that Saul used this expression indicates that his audience knew about whom he was speaking. Therefore, when Saul began to speak about Jesus, he spoke concerning this One