Paul and Alma
Paul and Alma/Alma the younger
In my last post I went through some of the similarities between the story of the martyr Stephen and the story of Abinani. This is a continuation of that post.
There are certain similarities to the stories of Paul and Alma (as well as Alma’s son Alma the Younger)
Pauls Story: Acts 9 Alma’s Story: Mosiah 17-18 Alma the Younger’s Story: Alma 36
Similarities (Paul to Alma)
- Both men are leaders in the apostatized religion.
- Both men participate in the judgement and persecution of those preaching the gospel of Christ.
- Both men realize the error of their ways and become leading authorities in the church of God.
Similarities (Paul to Alma the Younger)
- Both men go about persecuting the saints of God.
- Both men are visited by a heavenly messenger (in Paul’s case the lord himself)
- Both men suffer bodily ailments after their visitation (Paul is blind and Alma is paralyzed or put into some sort of coma)
- Both men repent and become great missionaries.
- Both men are cast into prison.
- Both men give multiple accounts of their conversion story with slight variations between accounts.
What do you think of these similarities? Do you know of any more? Are they intentional?