Acts 23

 We learn that as - 

"...there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome."  (Acts 23:10–11)

Paul is one of the few that had to endure such great persecution and torture in the name of Christ.  In my mind, the Lord was greatly involved with his mission.   One may ask why most saints may not receive the miraculous visits of the Savior?  Probably because no one would want to experience the persecution of Paul.