PAUL'S MINISTRY WAS ALSO TO THE JEWS

SAUL OF TARSUS:  ENEMY OF THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST

Acts 9:2 - "And (Saul of Tarsus) desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way (followers of Christ), whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem."

SAUL OF TARSUS:  APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES AND THE JEWS

Acts 9:15 - "But the Lord said unto him (Ananias), Go thy way:  for he is a chosen vessel unto Me, to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel...."

Acts 9:20 - "And straightway he (Saul of Tarsus) preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.

Acts 13:2-5, 9, 14-15 - "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.  And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.  So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.  And when they were at Salamis, they preached the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews:  and they had also John to their minister....Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him....But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.  And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on."

Acts 14:1 - "And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed."

Galatians 2:7-9 - "But contrariwise, when they saw that the Gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For He that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the Same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles):  and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision."

Acts 17:1-3, 10, 16-17 - "Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:  and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, Whom I preach unto you, is Christ....And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews....Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.  Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him."

Acts 18:4-6, 19 - "And he reasoned in the synagogue (in Corinth) every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.  And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.  And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles....And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews."

Acts 19:8 - "And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God."

Acts 24:10-12 - "Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:  because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.  And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city."

Romans 11:14-15 - "For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:  if by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh (the Jews), and might save some of them."

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