<p>9:14 <i>A</i><i>nd here he has authority from the chief priests to bind</i>- And to take them bound to Jerusalem (:2). Paul later uses the same words to describe how he is going &quot;bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem&quot; (20:22), and to prison, suffering and maybe death there. He realized that he was living out the same experience he had inflicted upon others, and it was &quot;the Spirit&quot; which was bringing this about. God's providential hand, the Spirit, the Lord Jesus, the Angels call it what you will works likewise with us, so that we appreciate the impact of our actions upon others. And yet Saul actually never took anyone bound from Damascus to prison, suffering and death in Jerusalem. But he intended to. And so we can reflect that what we <em>intended</em> to do to others in essence happens to us; for the thought is counted as the action, and we are being led to understand the meaning and implications of our own thinking and intentions.</p><p><em>All that call upon your name</em>- Saul was therefore asked to be baptized and also call upon himself the Lord's Name (22:16). His baptism was not merely an act of identity with the Lord Jesus, but with the body of Jesus whom he had been persecuting.</p>