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   Acts 13:9 appears to record the moment Saul's name changes to Paul: Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said... (Prior to this time, he was always called Saul; after this, he is always called Paul.) Why did he change his name?

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   Jan 29, 2024 · In summary, Saul’s name was changed to Paul in Acts 13:9 when he was filled with the Holy Spirit and pronounced judgment on the Jewish sorcerer Bar-Jesus. This represented his new identity and calling in Christ to be the apostle to the Gentiles.

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   Jan 4, 2022 · The answer is that Saul’s name was also Paul. The custom of dual names was common in those days. Acts 13:9 describes the apostle as “Saul, who was also called Paul.” From that verse on, Saul is always referred to in Scripture as “Paul.” Paul was a Jew, born in the Roman city of Tarsus.

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   Apr 22, 2013 · In fact, the only thing we know about the name change comes with a small reference some 4 chapters later, almost dropped in incidentally to the text: “Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit…” (Acts 13:9).

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   Question: Why did God change Saul's name to Paul? Answer: He didn’t. Many mistakenly assume the Lord changed Saul’s name to Paul sometime after Saul converted from Judaism to Christianity, which happened during his encounter with Christ on the Road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19).

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   Apr 7, 2023 · Why the change? Four main reasons have been proposed for the name change at this point in Acts. They are a mixture of historical and literary explanations—that is, explanations focused on what happened on the ground in the first century or on how Luke presents his story of Paul.

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   Did Saul change his name to Paul?

   • Instead of suggesting that Saul actually changed his name to Paul, Acts 13:9 merely tells us that Saul "also is called Paul." The change of name reference does not begin with Saul's conversion to Christianity on the road to Damascus but much later in Cyprus (Acts 13:9).

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   Why did Paul change his name?

   • Like the converts in Antioch who were first called “Christians” at Antioch (Acts 11:26), Saul’s new name signified his new life in Christ. Saul’s Hebrew name reflected his Jewish heritage. But his new Roman name Paul enabled his ministry to the Greco-Roman world.

   When and why was Saul’s name changed to Paul?

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   Why was Saul called Paul?

   • Acts 13:9 then states, “Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him.” From this point forward in Acts, Saul is referred to as Paul. There are a few possibilities as to the significance of the name change: It represented the new mission given to him by Christ – taking the gospel to the Gentiles.

   When and why was Saul’s name changed to Paul?

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   Why did the Apostle change the name of Saul?

   • The spirit which led the Apostle to change the name of Saul, with its memories of the royal dignity which, in the person of its great wearer, had honoured his tribe, for a Roman name is the same which he formally announces as a deliberately adopted law of his life.

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   What happens when Pharisee Saul is renamed to Paul?

   • When Pharisee Saul is renamed to Paul, the parallel with King Saul is broken. 2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Saul means 'desired'. In keeping with his new nature Paul means 'small or little'.

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   Why was Paul called Paul?

   • Paul's Greek name - Παῦλος - is a transliteration from Latin to Greek of the Latin word for "small" - paulus. The Church Fathers emphasize the aspect of humility in Paul's choice of his new name. Augustine describes why Saul came to be called Paul in one of his Anti-Pelagian Writings:

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   The spirit which led the Apostle to change the name of Saul, with its memories of the royal dignity which, in the person of its great wearer, had honoured his tribe, for a Roman name is the same which he formally announces as a deliberately adopted law of his life.