Saul does become Paul as he is struck down with blindness on the Damascus Road. Is he immediately received by those disciples he was seeking to undo. No. He needed a trusted person to take him under his wing. The person was Barnabas. You can certainly say without Barnabas there were be no Paul. Is this not true of all great leaders? There is someone who can prop them up. Here is a brief account from the Message...
"Back in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him. They didn't trust him one bit. Then Barnabas took him under his wing. He introduced him to the apostles and stood up for him, told them how Saul had seen and spoken to the Master on the Damascus Road and how in Damascus itself he had laid his life on the line with his bold preaching in Jesus' name."
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