Acts 9:20-25 Saul does an about face, making people wonder, angering the Jews in the synagogue

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN.

    The eyesight was returned to Saul.  He ate, gained strength, and then began to preach in the synagogues.  Acts 9: ²⁰ And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

   What is going on here?  Here is the man who persecuted people for speaking of Jesus Christ, and now IS HE PREACHING JESUS?  Is he mad?  Has he lost his mind?  What is going on?  This had to be some of the thoughts of the Jews he persecuted.

  The people who heard him stood amazed, if not a bit confused. Acts 9: ²¹ But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

  This vile and evil man is switching sides?  Is this a trick?  What political group is paying him?  This is not the man we heard about!

  Acts 9:  ²² But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. ²³ And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
  Saul increased the more in strength - I cannot help but believe not only did his physical strength become greater, but his spiritual strength grew greatly.  This did confuse the Jews and you would think they did not trust him.  Obviously this is true in v. 23 when the Jews took counsel to kill him.  He was not a silent cell trying to corrupt, he was vocal and probably, the Jews, thought polluting the minds of others.
  How do they silence him?  Kill him - that's the easy way.  So, what comes next in Acts 9:
²⁴ But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
²⁵ Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
It appears that a new convert alerted Saul of the plot to kill him.  Some commentaries say that a convert's home was on the wall and they lowered him down via a basket on the outside to escape the wrath and vengeance of the Jews.  Here is what one commentary says of Saul's conversion. In v.22 and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, now - "One can imagine the astonishment of those Jews in the synagogue at Damascus when they heard the man, whom they all respecte and to whom they looked for leadership in quenching the spreading flame of Christianity, stand up in their midst and proclaim Jesus of Nazareth as God.  The Damascus Jews were completely taken back; they could not believe their eyes or ears.  But Paul proved that his conversion was real." (King James Commentary, Nelson Publisher, Page 1351).
  God can do anything; God can do the impossible; God is limited by what we believe.  Do you truly believe, or know that it is the right thing to say in Christian circles?  Time to soul search. Love you all.  May you be as bold as Saul.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny