<p>22:8 <em>And I answered: Who are you Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute</em>- The fact Paul addressed Jesus as &quot;Lord&quot; suggests he knew the answer already, and had subconsciously recognized Jesus of Nazareth as Lord. For the presentation of Him as &quot;Lord&quot; had been a major part of the early witness of Peter, which Paul would surely have heard. Paul was kicking against the pricks of conscience; he knew, therefore, that Jesus was Lord. And amongst the crowds of apparently disinterested sceptics we encounter in our witness, there are surely people who are in a similar position; hiding behind their blasphemy and inappropriate jokes about the Lord Jesus the fact that they have been convicted of Him as Lord in some deep part of their subconscious. See on :10.</p>