1:16
Note that God did not just reveal His Son “to” Paul, but revealed Him “in” Paul, though ESV actually translates in as “to”, but with a footnote. Whatever the best way to translate it is, the revelation was much more than just some ideas being made know to Paul, Christ revealed Himself. We should all take note of this, both for our own relationship with Christ, and for those who we work with, whether they be people we are witnessing to, or believers that we are discipling. God revealed Christ to Paul in order that he could preach the gospel to the Gentiles. When this revelation happened, and this includes Ananias coming to see Paul, as well as the Damascus road incident itself, Paul did not consult anyone, rather he prayed to God and studied the Scriptures.
1:17
The journey to Arabia presumably occurred between Acts 9:25 and 26. Arabia includes much of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. Then Paul returned to Damascus. The accounts in Acts, as indeed the gospels as well, telescope many events. Ie they do not give 700 page biographies covering every little detail.
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