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Stanley Porter<\/a>,\u00a0in lectures which are available for free via iTunes<\/a>, points out that Jesus and Paul were contemporaries, and makes the case that there is a good chance that Paul met Jesus at some point. Of the four lectures he gives on this topic, the third focuses on passages which\u00a0Porter believes might indicate that this in fact happened. HT\u00a0 Deane Galbraith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do you think Paul probably at the very least saw Jesus from a distance at some point (not including visions and the like)? Why or why not?<\/p>\n

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