‘And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.'
Then when Saul picked himself up and opened his eyes he realised that he was blind. And the result was that he had to be led into Damascus by the hand. He was blind both physically and spiritually. All that he had believed in had gone. He saw nothing.
ACTS 9:8 hvge,rqh … gh/j Instead of the statement hvge,rqh de. Sau/loj avpo. th/j gh/j, several Western witnesses heighten the pathos of the account by reading e;fh de. pro.j auvtou,j( VEgei,rate, me...
Verse Acts 9:8. _WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, HE SAW NO MAN_] Instead of ουδενα, _no man_, the _Codex Alexandrinus_, the _Syriac, Vulgate_, and some others, have ουδεν _nothing_. He not only saw no _man...
WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED - He naturally closed them at the appearance of the light, and in his fright kept them closed for some time. HE SAW NO MAN - This darkness continued three days, Acts 9:9. The...
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)...
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...
AROSE. was raised up. Greek. _egeiro._ App-178. SAW. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ The texts read "nothing". LED... AND. leading him by the hand. Greek. _cheiragogeo._ O...
_and_[but] _when his eyes were opened, he saw no man_[nothing] The vision had struck him blind. He opened his eyes, but their power had been taken away. Thus his physical condition becomes a fit repre...
Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...
ΟΥ̓ΔῈΝ for οὐδένα with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘nihil.’ 8. ἈΝΕΩΙΓΜΈΝΩΝ ΔῈ … ΟΥ̓ΔῈΝ ἜΒΛΕΠΕΝ, _but when his eyes were opened he saw nothing_. The vision had struck him blind. He opened his eyes, but their power ha...
_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...
ΉΓΈΡΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) поднимать; _pass._ подниматься, ΆΝΕΩΓΜΈΝΩΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать. О форме _см._ BD, 53. Part, в роли _gen. abs._, либо _temp._, либ...
AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, HE SAW NO MAN:— And _though his eyes were open, he_ was incapable of discerning objects, and _saw no_ one _man_ of those who stood near him; forhis nerves were so affect...
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...
ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. Acts 9:3-8 a. Acts 9:3 And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus: and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven: Acts 9:4 and he...
IN DAMASCUS. Acts 9:8 b - Acts 9:22. Acts 9:8 b and they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus. Acts 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and di
8, 9. When the vision disappeared, Saul promptly obeyed the commandment given him. (8) "_And Saul was raised from the earth, but when his eyes were opened he saw no one, and they led him by the hand,...
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. AND SAUL AROSE FROM THE EARTH; AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENE...
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...
SAW NO MAN] RV 'saw nothing.'...
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...
HE SAW NO MAN. — The blindness was that of one who has been dazzled with excess of light (comp. Acts 22:11), the natural result of the vision of the supernatural glory, a witness to the man himself th...
ἀνεῳγμένων; see critical notes. οὐδένα ἔβλεπε : his eyes, which he had closed mechanically, as he fell overwhelmed with the dazzling brightness of the light, and of the appearance of Jesus, he now ope...
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...
_And his eyes being open, either by himself, or by others, he saw nothing. See the circumstances related again, chap. xxii. and xxvi. (Witham)_...
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 in...
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. (8) And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand...
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...
8._He was raised up from the earth. _Luke addeth now, that he was taken with so great fear that he could not rise of himself; and not that only, but he was also blind for a time, that he might forget...
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...
AND SAUL AROSE FROM THE EARTH,.... As he was bid by Christ, Acts 9:6 AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED HE SAW NO MAN; neither Christ, who appeared to him from heaven, whom he had before seen, nor even an...
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought _him_ into Damascus. Ver. 8. _He saw no man_] This bodily blindness was a means...
_And Saul arose from the earth_ When Christ bade him; but probably not without help, the vision having made him faint and weak, like Daniel; when, upon receiving a vision, _no strength remained in him...
HE SAW NO MAN; being blinded by the glory of that light. Chap Acts 22:11....
The end of the vision:...
AND SAUL AROSE FROM THE EARTH; AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED, HE SAW NO MAN; BUT THEY LED HIM BY THE HAND, AND BROUGHT HIM INTO DAMASCUS....
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 SAUL AROSE FROM THE GROUND, AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED HE SAW NO ONE. BUT THEY LED HIM BY THE HAND AND BROUGHT _HIM_ INTO DAMASCUS. 1. When Saul stood up - he opened his eyes. The bright ligh...
"And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus"He saw nothing" He found himself blinded (Acts 22:11). "Led h...
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...
WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED; when he opened his eyes as at other times, when he did rise to see, the glorious light had so dazzled him, that he could see nothing: thus Saul as, and all men are, before t...
8, 9. When the vision disappeared, Saul promptly obeyed the commandment given him. (8) "_ And Saul was raised from the earth, but when his eyes were opened he saw no one, and they led him by the hand,...
Acts 9:8 Then G1161 Saul G4569 arose G1453 (G5681) from G575 ground G1093 and G1161 his G846 eyes...
Acts 9:8. AND WHEN HIS EYES WERE OPENED. When Saul rose up, probably after some interval, and opened his eyes, he found he was blind from the effects of that gleaming light into which he had gazed for...
_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 time...
HE SAW NOTHING (ουδεν εβλεπεν). Imperfect active indicative, was seeing nothing. "The glory of that light" (Acts 22:11) when he saw Jesus had blinded his eyes now wide open (ανεωιγμενων, perfect pas...
Acts 9:1 Early History and Conversion of Paul. Viewed as a public event in the history of the Christian Church, the conversion of Paul furnishes new and independent testimony to the Divine origin of...
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. E...
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...
L, 2. _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 found...
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...
BUT COULD NOT SEE A THING. This blindness was proof he had not imagined the whole thing. Saul the _destroyer_ was led helplessly into the city....
_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...
_And Saul arose, and … they led him by the hand._ HAND LED A wonderful change in the soul of which this was the symbol. I. The hand yielded. 1. Confession of futile character of past opposition. S...
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 atmosphe...
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 Kings 6:17; Acts 13:11; Acts 22:11; Acts 9:18; Exodus 4:11;...
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...
THE BENEFICENCE OF BLINDNESS Acts 9:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now come to a most interesting study. In our last message we saw Saul, the persecutor, stricken down by a great light from Heaven. When he...
Observe here, 1. The change of Saul's posture; HE AROSE FROM THE EARTH. He that fell to the earth. persecutor; rises up. saint.. free mercy, and astonishing rich grace! that the earth upon which he la...