Acts 22:21

_ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. _ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence [ makran ( G3112)] - 'far away' Unto the Gentles. On this thrilling dialogue between the Redeemer and His chosen vessel-nowhere else related-see the note at Acts 9:30. The concluding words of this Defense having raised an uproar among the crowd, the Tribune ignorant of the cause, orders him to be removed to the castle and examined by scourging, but is restrained and alarmed on learning that he is a Roman citizen-Next day, having had him released, he orders him to be tried by the Sanhedrin (22:22-30)...

12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the knowledge of Christ and his blessed gospel. Christ is here called that Just One; for he is Jesus Christ the righteous. Those whom God has chosen to know his will, must look to Jesus, for by him God has made known his good-will to us. The great gospel privilege, sealed to us by baptism, is the pardon of sins. Be baptized, and wash away thy sins; that is, receive the comfort of the pardon of thy sins in and through Jesus Christ, and lay hold on his righteousness for that purpose; and receive power against sin, for the mortifying of thy corruptions. Be baptized, and rest not in the sign, but make sure of the thing signified, the putting away of the filth of sin. The great gospel duty, to which by...

Verse Acts 22:21. _I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES._] This was the particular appointment of St. Paul: he was _the apostle of_ _the Gentiles_; for, though he preached frequently to the Jews, yet to _preach_ the Gospel to the Gentiles, and to write for the conversion and establishment of the Gentile world, were his peculiar destination. Hence we find him and his companions travelling every where; through _Judea, Phoenicia, Arabia, Syria,_ _Cilicia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Pamphylia, Galatia, Phrygia,_ _Macedonia, Greece, Asia_, the _Isles_ of the _Mediterranean Sea_, the _Isles_ of the _AEgean Sea, Italy_, and some add _Spain_ and even _Britain_. This was the _diocess_ of this primitive bishop: none of the apostles travelled, none preached, none laboured as this man; and, we may add, none was so greatly owned of God. T...

AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART - Because the Christians at Jerusalem would not receive him. FAR HENCE - Paul traveled far in the pagan nations. A large part of his ministry was spent in remote countries, and in the most distant regions then known. See Romans 15:19....

EXPOSITION ACTS 22:1 _Brethren _for _men, brethren, _A.V. (Acts 7:2, note); the for my, A.V.; _now make _for _make now, _A.V. THE DEFENSE; ἀπολογία This is the technical word in classical Greek for a defense in answer to an accusation. Thus e.g. the oration of Gorgias entitled, Υπὲρ Παλαμήδους ἀπολογία,_ _begins, Ἡ μὲν κατηγορία καὶ ἡ ἀπολογία κρίσις οὐ περὶ θανάτου γίγνεται. And Demosthenes opposes κατηγρσεῖν to accuse, to ἀπολογεῖσθαι, to make one's defense. And an ἀπολογία δικαία καὶ ἁπλῆ is to prove that τὰ κατηγορημένα, "the things of which the person is accused," were never done. But it is probably from St. Paul's use of the word here that it became common to call the defenses of the Christian religi

AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART,.... At once from Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea: FOR I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES; to the nations afar off, even as far as Illyricum, Pannonia, or Hungary, where the apostle went and preached, Romans 15:19 and so by a divine mission and commission he became the apostle of the Gentiles, and preached the Gospel among them with great success, to the conversion of many thousands of them, and to the planting of many churches in the midst of them....

CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Address of the Apostle (Acts 22:1)._ 2. The Answer from the Mob, and Paul's Appeal to His Roman citizenship (Acts 22:22). What a scene it was! On the stairs, midway between the temple-court and the fortress, stood the Apostle in chains, his person showing the effects of the beating he had received. Around him were the well-armed Roman soldiers, and below the multitude, with up-turned faces, still wildly gesticulating and only becoming more silent when they heard the first words from Paul's lips in the Hebrew tongue. He relates his great experience. They were impatient listeners; the storm broke with the word “Gentiles.” Another great tumult resulted and the many voices demanded that such a fellow should not live. It was a scene of utmost confusion. The chief

PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. The opening of the speech is like that of Stephen (Acts 7:2). In 2 Corinthians 11:22 Paul attests his full membership of the Jewish people, and having lived many years in Palestine he could no doubt speak Aramaic, though his countrymen did not expect it of him. ACTS 22:3. AT THE FEET OF GAMALIEL: Jewish boys sat on the floor at their lessons. GAMALIEL: _cf. Acts 5:34_. Some scholars are strongly inclined to put Paul down as a pure Hellenist in his schooling. If he did study with Gamaliel, it was probably immediately before his conversion ...

THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...

SEND. Greek. _exapostello._ App-174. GENTILES. nations. Greek. _ethnos._...