The teaching of the Pharisees was that tradition superseded revelation. I wonder if the kicking against the pricks that the Lord speaks of to Saul was that Saul was so harsh against the idea of revelation as a way to “repent” for feelings of revelation that he felt within himself. Prior to the light on the road.
President McKay suggests that Saul may have begun to question during the week of travel toward Damascus as he reflected upon the things he had been doing among the Christians.
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