Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 169
Chapter Eleven—Jesus Goes to India 169 has led some thinkers to conclude that at the time of the conver- sion of St. Paul to Christianity, which was between six to twelve months after the crucifixion, Jesus was still in the regions of Syria. Judge Docker, District Court Judge, Sydney, gives the following explanation of the story of Saul’s conversion:— Jesus, finding he could no longer remain with safety in Galilee, started on his journey to visit the lost tribes of Israel in the East, via Damascus, where he remained a con- siderable time, long enough to make disciples of Ananias and others. This may have been the reason why the com- mission was sent by the Jewish authorities to carry out persecutions there. Jesus, knowing of his approach, went out like Elijah of old, to meet his enemy Saul, the result of his wonderful personal power being the conversion of the persecutor into a disciple. The intercourse between them probably continued some days in the house of Ananias, or wherever Jesus was residing. The arrival of the Commission, however, showed Jesus that it was no longer safe for him to remain in Damascus, and he proceeded towards Babylon on his way to the East. This explanation is supported by Johannes Weiss ( Paul and Jesus, p. 81): Paul’s vision and conversion are psychologically incon- ceivable except upon the supposition that he had been