Acts 9:19-26

19and he took some food and was strengthened. For several days [afterward] Saul remained with the disciples who were at Damascus.

20And immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “This Man is the Son of God [the promised Messiah]!”

21All those who heard him continued to be amazed and said, “Is this not the man who in Jerusalem attacked those who called on this name [of Jesus], and had come here [to Damascus] for the express purpose of bringing them bound [with chains] before the chief priests?”

22But Saul increased in strength more and more, and continued to perplex the Jews who lived in Damascus by examining [theological evidence] and proving [with Scripture] that this Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

23After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him,

24but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the city’s gates day and night so they could kill him;

25but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.

26When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple.