Watch and Discuss:

Background Information to today's lesson: After hearing that many followers of Jesus had moved to Damascus, Paul decides to go there and continue his goal of crushing the growing number of people who are following Jesus.

As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions after you watch the video:

1. How were the men travelling in the clip? How many soldiers?
2. Why did Paul’s horse suddenly rear up on its hind legs?
3. What happened to Paul?
4. Describe the man who came to see Paul in Damascus?
5. What did the man do to Paul?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:

Paul: I don't know why they run from me. They should be I’m saving them from God's .

Malchus: Do they even care about God?

Paul: No. They God to follow this dirty, uneducated scum.

Go on! Whoa! Whoa! Who are you? Tell me who you are!

Jesus: I am Jesus, whom you .

Paul: No! No! Jesus is dead…..

No! No! My eyes. I'm .

Ananias: Lord?

Jesus: Ananias. Go to the street called . Ask for a man they call Paul of Tarsus.

Ananias: Paul? But he us. He arrests your followers everywhere.

Jesus: I have chosen him to my name to the world- to the gentiles, their kings, and the sons of Israel. Go.

Paul: Who's there? Who are you? Speak.

Ananias: I am one of those you want to .

Paul: Forgive me. I've you. I've wronged God. My soul is on fire. Help me.

(Flashback - Jesus: I have chosen him to proclaim my name to the world.)

Ananias: Shh. Shh, shh. I am by God. For you.

Paul: I know you.

Ananias: You came to my house.

Paul: No. No. No. Don't leave me. No. Don't me.

Ananias: Shh. I, Ananias, baptize you, Paul, in the name of Jesus Christ, for he has you to change the world in his name.

Paul: In the of Jesus Christ.

Vocabulary Exercises: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.
(Definitions and examples from: Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English. http://nhd.heinle.com/Home.aspx)

Choose a word from the previous exercise to complete each sentence: (Hint: you may need to change the form of some words.)

1. I am for all the help you have given me.
2. In the past, some governments people for their religious beliefs.
3. Prime Minister John Thompson the first Monday in September to be a national holiday in 1894.
4. During the storm, the hailstones against the windowpane all night long.
5. The company its workers by not paying them on time.
6. My grandfather went in his left eye when he was old.
7. The of the court is that she, Is not guilty.
8. We the project because it was too expensive.

Discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group.

1. Why had many followers of Jesus left Jerusalem?
2. Why do you think Paul had soldiers with him on this journey?
3. What was Paul’s opinion of Jesus?
4. Why do you think Jesus caused Paul to go blind?
5. What did Jesus ask Ananias to do?
6. Why was Ananias hesitant to go to see Paul?
7. When did Paul’s blindness go away?
8. What did Jesus say about Paul?