Bible Hero
Saul
- Era
- Iron Age Israelite 1000bce
- First appears in
- First appears in 1 Samuel 17:1-51
- Appearances
- In 3 comics
Also known as king
Who is Saul?
Tall and gaunt, with greying dark hair, wearing an ankle-length undyed linen tunic under a heavy ultramarine wool mantle pinned with a bronze fibula. He carries an olive-wood scepter and wears a simple beaten-bronze diadem.
Featured in 3 Bible Heroes comics, first appearing in 1 Samuel 17:1-51.
Where Saul appears
Every Bible Heroes comic featuring Saul, with the role they play and the pages they show up on.
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1-51The first king of Israel, leading his army against the Philistines but too afraid to face Goliath himself. He reluctantly allows David to fight the giant.
Pages 11
Stephen the Witness
Acts 6:8-7:60A young Pharisee who witnesses Stephen's martyrdom and holds the cloaks of those who stone him. Saul later becomes Paul, a pivotal figure in the spread of Christianity.
Pages 15, 17, 19
Paul's Conversion
Acts 9:1-31A zealous Pharisee from Tarsus, Saul rides to Damascus to arrest followers of Jesus but is transformed by a blinding encounter with the risen Christ. He becomes a devoted preacher of the gospel.
Pages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35