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TitleComparing Conversions: Paul and Alma
Publication TypeChart
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsWelch, John W., and John F. Hall
Number15-17
PublisherStudy Helps; Paul the Apostle; Alma the Younger; Conversion
CityProvo, UT
KeywordsAlma the Younger; Conversion; Paul the Apostle; Study Helps
Abstract

The conversions of Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus and of Alma the Younger in the land of Zarahemla are similar in certain fundamental respects, as one would expect since the source of their spiritual reversals was one and the same. Interestingly, in each case we have three accounts of their conversions: Paul’s conversion is reported in Acts 9, 22, and 26. Alma’s conversion is given in Mosiah 27, Alma 36, and 38. No two of these accounts are exactly the same. The columns on the far right and left sides of chart 15-17 show the verses of these six accounts in which each element either appears or is absent. Down the middle are found the elements shared by both Paul and Alma, and off center are words or experiences unique to either Paul or Alma. In sum, the personalized differences significantly offset and highlight the individual experiences in the two conversions.

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