And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
That Paul neither ate nor drank for three days is no small thing; men may endure hunger better in eastern lands, yet we have no record of anyone fasting three days save under dire necessity. This fasting marks him as wonderfully terrified, struck dead in his soul, tasting no meat while his whole world collapsed.
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We found mention made of Saul twice or thrice in the story of Stephen, for the sacred penman longed to come to his story; and now we are come to it, not quite taking leave of Peter but from henceforward being mostly taken up with Paul the apostle of the Gentiles, as Peter was of the circumcision.
Commenting on Acts 9:1-9
Three days blind in body, yes, but his spiritual sight was increasing all the while as Christ revealed Himself through the Spirit. He had no time for food, consumed with grief and true repentance, rapt in prayer and drinking in the doctrines of grace he would soon preach.
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