Acts 9:4
What meaning of the acts 9:4 in the Bible?
What does Acts 9:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
What does Acts 9:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
ACTS 9:4-5 diw,keij The clause sklhro,n soi pro.j ke,ntra lakti,zein is included after diw,keij (ver. Acts 9:4) in E 431 vgmss syrp, h with * Petilianus Jerome Augustine; and after diw,keij (ver. Act...
Verse Acts 9:4. _AND HE FELL TO THE EARTH_] Being struck down with the lightning: many persons suppose he was on horseback, and painters thus represent him; but this is utterly without foundation. Pai...
AND HE FELL TO THE EARTH - He was astonished and overcome by the sudden flash of light. There is a remarkable similarity between what occurred here, and what is recorded of Daniel in regard to the vis...
CHAPTER 9 __ 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son...
PAUL'S CONVERSION. This belongs geographically to the field of the Hellenist mission, which was announced in Acts 8:4, and occupied that whole chapter. We heard of that mission at Samaria and Cæ sarea...
But Saul, still breathing out threat and murder to the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters of credit to Damascus, to the synagogues there, so that if he found any...
FELL... AND. falling. EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129. VOICE. Greek. _phone._ Same as "sound", Acts 2:6. SAUL, SAUL. Up to Acts 13:9, the Greek form _Saulos_ is used in the narrative, but here, 17; Act...
_And he fell to the earth_ Dazzled by the intense brightness. From Acts 26:14 we find that not only Saul but his companions were struck down by the light, though there was more in the vision which he...
Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...
_THE CONVERSION OF SAUL ACTS 9:1-18:_ Saul's early training helped him to be a very sincere man. However, as important as sincerity is we must remember that sincerity may be just as real in the heart...
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DISCOURSE: 1762 CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Acts 9:3. _And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voic...
SUDDENLY THERE SHINED ROUND ABOUT HIM A LIGHT, &C.— It was about noon that Saul with his company came nigh the city of Damascus; when suddenly there appeared the _Shechinah,_ or the glory of the Lord,...
THE CONVERSION AND EARLY LABORS OF SAUL Acts 9:1-30; Galatians 1:17-24 For a moment let us pause and look back over the pathway of the narrative, Luke has given the following events since the beginni...
4. "_And he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?_" He not only heard this voice, but, gazing, while his eyes could endure it, into the midst of th...
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? AND HE FELL TO THE EARTH - and his companions fell with him (), AND HEARD A VOICE SAYING UNTO HI...
26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
9:4 voice (g-9) _ Phone_ , accusative; in ver. 7 genitive; in ch. 22.9,14 accusative; in ch. 22.7 genitive. The genitive is 'to listen to,' or when the voice of a rumour reaches. It is the fact or phy...
SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9 V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples. He said that he would kill them. He...
SAUL, SAUL, WHY PERSECUTEST THOU ME? — It is remarkable that here only, in the original Greek, and in Acts 9:17, as in the reproduction of the words in Acts 22:27; Acts 26:14, do we find the Hebrew fo...
Acts 9:1 CHAPTER 2 THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1 WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's life as we know it from his own reminiscences, from hints in Hol...
καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, _cf._ Acts 22:7, both expressions show the over-whelming impression made by the sudden bright light. In Acts 26:14 all fall to the ground, but there is no contradiction with Act...
WINNING A PERSECUTOR Acts 9:1-9 A year had passed since Acts 8:3. “The Way” had become the accepted phrase for the infant Church and its presentation of the truth, Acts 19:9; Acts 22:4. It may refer...
Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent t...
Seeing the Light on the Damascus' Road Saul not only persecuted the church in Jerusalem, but even went to foreign cities to carry out his vicious persecution. Bruce presents some evidence that the Jew...
_Why dost thou persecute me? My disciples, my brothers, and my friends. The head speaks for the members, and by a figure of speech, calls them itself. (St. Augustine, in Ps. xxx.) --- Here Jesus Chris...
SAUL'S CONVERSION 1-15. As the Romans looked upon the Nazarenes as an insignificant faction of Judaism, in some way to them utterly mysterious, out of harmony with their own church, they acquiesced i...
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: (4) And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
_THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL_ ‘And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice … Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.’ Acts 9:4; Acts 9:6 Of all the followers of Chr...
4.And therefore Luke saith that he _fell to the ground. _For what other thing can befall man, but that he must lie prostrate and be, as it were, brought to nothing, when he is overwhelmed with the pre...
A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the scene. We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repell...
AND HE FELL TO THE EARTH,.... Not being able to bear the light, and still less the divine glory and majesty which he perceived was present; and therefore, in great confusion, amazement, and fear, he f...
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Ver. 4. _Fell to the earth_] Christ unhorsed him, but did not destroy him. He is not such a monarch a...
_And as he journeyed_ Full of wrath against the Lord's disciples; and _came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven_ This, doubtless, was occasioned by the rays of...
Wicked men in persecuting Christians are persecuting Christ. But he can reveal himself to them in such a manner as to fill them with deep consternation, and lead them without reserve to give up themse...
The miraculous vision:...
Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND, AND HEARD A VOICE SAYING TO HIM, " SAUL, SAUL, WHY ARE YOU PERSECUTING ME? " 1. Saul dropped to his knees and heard a voice speak to him. 2. Saul, Saul - The repetition o...
"and he fell upon the earth, and heard. voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"He fell upon the earth" The text does not say that he fell off his horse,. popular corruption of thi...
1-9 So ill informed was Saul, that he thought he ought to do all he could against the name of Christ, and that he did God service thereby; he seemed to breathe in this as in his element. Let us not d...
Saul FELL TO THE EARTH, struck with the amazing light and terrible voice of Christ; as also with the sense of the presence of God, which he knew was thus reverenced by Daniel, DANIEL 8:17, DANIEL 10:9...
4. "_ And he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? " He not only heard this voice, but, gazing, while his eyes could endure it, into the midst of t...
Origen Commentary on John Book I And as a consequence of this we see that every one who betrays the disciples of Jesus is reckoned as betraying Jesus Himself. To Saul,[62]...
Acts 9:4 Then G2532 fell G4098 (G5631) to G1909 ground G1093 heard G191 (G5656) voice G5456 saying G3004 (G5723) him G846 Saul G4549 Saul G4549 why G5101 persecuting G1377 (G5719) Me G3165 he fell -...
SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
_The Conversion of the Pharisee Leader Saul,_ 3-9. After the Passion of the Lord, the conversion of St. Paul is the event to which attention is most frequently called in the sacred writings. Many tim...
HE FELL UPON THE EARTH (πεσων επ την γην). Second aorist active participle. So in Acts 22:7 Paul says: "I fell unto the ground" (επεσα εις το εδαφος) using an old word rather than the common γην. In...
ME? The Lord identifies Himself with His people....
Acts 9:1 The Conversion of St. Paul. That blessed war of aggression which Jesus Christ wages upon the evil one is a war which is made to maintain itself. Christ's soldiers are His captured enemies....
Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...
CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...
Acts 9:1. _Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord._ Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what i...
AND HEARD A VOICE. The voice spoke to him in Hebrew (Acts 26:14), the language he spoke at his mother's knee, which was also the theological language. This strikes Saul at the very depths of his perso...
_And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heave._ THE HEAVENLY LIGHT As the supernatural reflects the moral in all the miracles of the Bible, so in the conversion of St. Paul. We have...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:1 In chs. Acts 6:1 Luke deals primarily with the witness of the Jerusalem church among the dispersed Greek-speaking Jews (the “Hellenists”) and with the apostle Peter. The conversi...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 9:1. AND should be _but_ directing attention once more to Saul. BREATHING OUT.—_Breathing in_ better renders the verb ἐμπνέων, threatening and slaughter describing the atmosph...
EXPOSITION ACTS 9:1 _But _for _and, _A.V.; _breathing _for _breathing out, _A.V.; _threatening _for _threatenings, _A.V. THREATENING AND SLAUGHTER. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ., is rather a...
When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...
1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Acts 22:7; Acts 22:8; Acts 26:14; Acts 26:15; Acts 5:10; Ephesians 5:30; Exodus 3:4; Genesis 16:8;...
Saying. In Paul's own account he says that the words were spoken in Hebrew (ch. 26 14)....
SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...
He heard a voice — Severe, yet full of grace....