While on the road to Damascus, he saw a vision of Christ, after which Saul became a Christian and came to be known as the apostle Paul. ​ — Acts 9: 1 - 9.
לימים נודע שאול בתור השליח פאולוס (‏ מעשי השליחים ט ’: ​ 1 – 9‏) .‏