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Acts 9:24
but their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
but their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
ACTS 9:24 h`me,raj te kai. nukto.j o[pwj auvto.n avne,lwsin Several witnesses (A 181 242 323 1898), having been conformed to Paul’s account of the incident ( 2 Corinthians 11:32), read o[pwj...
Verse Acts 9:24. _THEY WATCHED THE GATES DAY AND NIGHT TO KILL HIM._] At this time Damascus was under the government of Aretas, king of Arabia, who was now at war with Herod, his son-in-law, who had...
BUT THEIR LAYING AWAIT - Their counsel; their design. WAS KNOWN OF SAUL - Was made known to him. In what way this was communicated we do not know. This design of the Jews against Saul is referred to i...
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...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
After some time the Jews formed a plot to murder him; but Saul was informed of their plot. Night and day they kept continuous watch on the gates to murder him. But the disciples took him by night and,...
LAYING AWAIT. plot. Greek. _epiboule._ Occurs elsewhere Acts 20:3; Acts 20:19; Acts 23:30. KNOWN. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. OF. to. TO. that they might. In...
_but their laying await_[PLOT] _was known of Saul_ Perhaps from the information of some of the Christian disciples, who would be well disposed to Saul by what they had heard of him from Ananias, and w...
A PLOT AGAINST SAUL’S LIFE. HIS FLIGHT FROM DAMASCUS...
ἘΓΝΏΣΘΗ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ι ΣΑΎΛΩΙ Ἡ ἘΠΙΒΟΥΛῊ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _but their plot was known to Saul_. Perhaps the information was given by some of the Christian disciples, who would be well disposed to him from what they ha...
SAUL'S EARLY MINISTRY ACTS 9:19-31 : After his conversion Saul began to build up what he had tried to destroy. Saul went to the Jewish meeting places and immediately started telling people that Jesus...
ΈΓΝΏΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΕΠΙΒΟΥΛΉ (G1917) заговор, ΠΑΡΕΤΗΡΟΫ́ΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. от_ ΠΑΡΑΤΕΡΈΩ (G3906) смотреть, наблюдать (_см._ Luke 6:7). ΉΜΈΡΑΣ... ΝΥΚΤΌΣ (G2250;
AND THEY WATCHED THE GATES, &C.— This shews that there were great numbers engaged in this bloody design; forDamascus was a large city, and had many gates. Damascus now belonged to Aretas, king of Arab...
IN ARABIA. ACTS 9:23 A. Galatians 1:17 a. Acts 9:23 And when many days were fulfilled, ACTS 9:23 A There is but a sentence to tell us of th
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...
See notes on verse 23...
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. BUT THEIR LAYING AWAIT, [ epiboulee (G1917 ), 'THEIR PLOT'] WAS KNOWN OF SAUL. AND THEY WATCHED THE...
10 God graciously gives a double witness to His dealing with Saul. Ananias is quite his opposite, being a devout disciple. Saul would have found it almost impossible to join the disciples as he did wi...
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...
THEY WATCHED THE GATES DAY AND NIGHT TO KILL HIM. — A somewhat fuller account of this episode in the Apostle’s life is given by him in 2 Corinthians 11:32. There we read that the governor — literally,...
ἐπιβουλὴ : “plot”; N.T. only used in Acts; in three other passages, Acts 20:3; Acts 20:19; Acts 23:30. It is used in the same sense in LXX, Esther 2:22 (for other instance
WELCOMED AS A BROTHER Acts 9:23-31 He who feeds on Scripture must wax strong. The new convert started at once to testify of the Savior. We have no right to keep to ourselves the great treasures that...
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...
The Persecutor Becomes a Preacher Once he was baptized and had broken his fast by partaking of some food, Saul began to be with the disciples. Saul immediately began preaching in Damascus, then went t...
PAUL'S SANCTIFICATION 20-25. (Galatians 1:15-22 and Romans 7.) Saul had long been a preacher of no ordinary ability. Hence he was a fluent orator when thus powerfully converted under the impetus of a...
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (21) But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jeru...
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...
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 repelli...
BUT THEIR LAYING AWAIT WAS KNOWN OF SAUL,.... Either by divine revelation, or by some friends, who had got knowledge of it, and gave him information, as in Acts 23:16 and they watched the gates night...
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. Ver. 24. _But their laying await_] Some friend likely had advertised him, as a senator of Hala did Bren...
Acts 9:23. _And after many days were fulfilled_ In which several events took place, which are elsewhere hinted at; and particularly after he had made an excursion into Arabia, as is mentioned Galatian...
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,...
BUT THEIR PLOT BECAME KNOWN TO SAUL. AND THEY WATCHED THE GATES DAY AND NIGHT, TO KILL HIM. 1. Some how the plot was exposed. Saul learned of the plan. 2. There were Jews watching all the gates of t...
"but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him" "His enemies suspected that one day Paul would attempt to leave the city through one of th...
23-31 When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was a...
THEIR LAYING AWAIT; the Jews, who stirred up Aretas the king of Damascus against Paul, 2 CORINTHIANS 11:32,33: now began those things to be fulfilled, foretold ACTS 9:16....
Acts 9:24 But G1161 their G846 plot G1917 known G1097 (G5681) Saul G4569 And G5037 watched G3906 ...
‘And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night in order that they might kill him, bu...
SAUL'S MINISTRY IN DAMASCUS (9:20-25). With his usual enthusiasm Saul could not wait to get to grips with those who had once been his supporters, and it was not long before he was in the synagogues pr...
PLOT (επιβουλη). Old word for a plan (βουλη) against (επ) one. In the N.T. only in Acts (Acts 9:24; Acts 20:3; Acts 20:19; Acts 23:30).THEY WATCHED...
Acts 9:19 Damascus Arabia Jerusalem. We see from this chapter: I. The minute care which God has over His people. He gives to Ananias the street and the house in the great city of Damascus where Paul...
Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,-_ Notice that little word «yet.» «Saul yet breathing out threatenings a...
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...
DAY AND NIGHT THEY WATCHED. _"The governor under King Aretas placed guards at the city gates to arrest me"_ (2 Corinthians 11:32)....
_And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him … Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket._ PAUL’S DELIVERANCE BY THE BASKET I. God wage...
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 9:20. AND STRAIGHTWAY HE PREACHED CHRIST.—Not after his return from Arabia (Plumptre), but after his conversion and during or at the end of the certain days. Paul’s preaching...
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...
2 Corinthians 11:32; Acts 14:5; Acts 14:6; Acts 17:10; Acts 23:12;...
Laying await [ε π ι β ο υ λ η]. So rendered by A. V. wherever it occurs, viz., ch. Acts 20:3; Acts 20:19; Acts 23:30; but properly changed by Rev., in every case, to plot. "Laying await" refers rather...
SAUL SAVED TO SERVE Acts 9:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Following his baptism Saul received meat for his famished body, and was strengthened. Then Saul entered into a new comradeship with believers; a comr...
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...
They guarded the gates day and night — That is, the governor did, at their request, 2 Corinthians 11:32....