Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Acts 22:10
See Poole on "Acts 9:6". Such things as Ananias told him from Christ, were as if Christ himself had told him them; and by Ananias our Saviour satisfied St. Paul's question, What shall I do, Lord?
See Poole on "Acts 9:6". Such things as Ananias told him from Christ, were as if Christ himself had told him them; and by Ananias our Saviour satisfied St. Paul's question, What shall I do, Lord?
See the notes on Acts 9:3. Acts 22:6 AS I MADE MY JOURNEY - As I was on my journey. ABOUT NOON - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circu
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 t...
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 Pa...
"Men, brethren and fathers, listen to the defence which I now make to you." When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they gave him still more quietness. So he said, "I am a...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
WHAT SHALL. DO. This question is only in this account. ARISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. TOLD. Greek. _laleo_, as in Acts 22:9. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104. APPOINTED. Greek. _tasso_....
_which are appointed for thee to do_ God explained this to Ananias (see Acts 9:15), how Saul was a chosen vessel to bear His name before Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel; and still more a...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
ὯΝ ΤΈΤΑΚΤΑΊ ΣΟΙ ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ, _which are appointed for thee to do_. On the attraction of the relative into the case of its antecedent, see on Acts 1:1. God had explained to Ananias (see Acts 9:15) what Sa...
_PAUL'S CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY ACTS 22:6-16:_ As Paul drew near to Damascus there was a bright light from heaven that flashed around him. This light caused him to fall to the ground. He heard a vo...
ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. 1 pers. sing., см._ Acts 22:8. ΠΟΙΉΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Совещательный _conj._ в вопросе, ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) вставать, поднима...
c. Paul addresses the Jewish mob. Acts 22:1-21. Acts 22:1 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you. Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew l...
See notes on verse 3...
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. And I said ... I came into...
40 God acts in marvelous ways. Human opposition works out his purposes quite as effectively as human help. What better means could be devised to get all Jerusalem as well as representatives from the d...
ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE 1-21. St Paul's Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE CROWD, 22:1-21 V1 ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! I will explain what happened.’ V2 The crowd became even quieter. T...
HOW HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED Acts 22:1 What a sermon Paul preached! His pulpit, the steps that ascended from the Temple level to the Castle of Antonia. His audience, the frenzied crowds who filled the co...
Paul's defense as here recorded is a rare and perfect example of Christian argument. He was defending his devotion to work among the Gentiles. In that defense the last word he was permitted to utter w...
Paul now proceeds to vindicate himself by relating his experience, giving his Cilician nativity and his education in Jerusalem at the feet of Gamaliel, the champion theologian, his identity with the p...
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 10._What shall I do, Lord? _This is the voice of a tamed man, and this is the true turning unto the Lord; when laying away all fierceness and fury, we bow down our necks willingly to bear his yoke,...
He departs therefore to Jerusalem; and when there, he goes to the house of James, and all the elders assemble. Paul relates to them the work of God among the Gentiles. They turn to their Judaism, of w...
AND I SAID, WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD?.... Acts 9:6....
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. Ver. 10. See Acts 9:16,18...
_And as I made my journey, &c., about noon_ For all was done in the face of the sun; _suddenly there shone a great light_ By whatever method God reveals himself to us, we shall have everlasting cause...
The conversion of Paul. Chap Acts 9:3-18....
The vision on the way:...
AND I SAID, WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, ARISE AND GO INTO DAMASCUS; AND THERE IT SHALL BE TOLD THEE OF ALL THINGS WHICH ARE APPOINTED FOR THEE TO DO....
The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serious attention. He has been practically convicted by...
SO I SAID, ‘WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD? ' AND THE LORD SAID TO ME, ‘ARISE AND GO INTO DAMASCUS, AND THERE YOU WILL BE TOLD ALL THINGS WHICH ARE APPOINTED FOR YOU TO DO. ' 1. Paul again addresses Jesus as...
Paul's zeal for God is manifested by his readiness to immediately obey when the Lord speaks, even if the Lord contradicts Paul's previous ideas. Notice that while Jesus appeared to Paul there is still...
1-11 The apostle addressed the enraged multitude, in the customary style of respect and good-will. Paul relates the history of his early life very particularly; he notices that his conversion was who...
Acts 22:10 So G1161 said G2036 (G5627) What G5101 do G4160 (G5661) Lord G2962 And G1161 Lord...
“And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it will be told you concerning all things which are appointed for you to do.' ” Deeply humbled he...
INTO DAMASCUS (εις Δαμασκον). In Acts 9:6 simply "into the city" (εις την πολιν).OF ALL THINGS WHICH (περ παντων ων). Hων, relative plural attracted to genitive of antecedent from accusative α, o...
Acts 22:10 Choice of Professions the Capabilities of the Christian Ministry. I. Who can overstate the capabilities of the Christian ministry? I know that preaching may be a very poor thing; a form to...
Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith),_ Men...
CONTENTS: Paul's defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, chief captain. CONCLUSION: God's servants who are set upon with rage and fury because o...
Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers;_ that is, men of mixed nations assembled at the feast. The persecutors had said, men of Israel, help. _Brethren,_ religious persons of the stock of Israel. _Fat...
AND COMING NEAR DAMASCUS. See notes on Acts 9:3-9. The bright light flashed at the time the sun was the brightest, and was much brighter than the sun (Acts 26:13). SAUL, SAUL. The voice spoke in Hebre...
_Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence._ PAUL’S DEFENCE 1. Whether we consider the man, the circumstances, the speech, or the effect produced, this address is worthy to be ranked among the...
_And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus._ THE CONVERSION OF SAUL I. Saul’s misdirected energy. The immense energy of the man is apparent to us at once. 1. Ener...
_And I said, What shall I do, Lord?_ THE GREAT PRACTICAL QUESTION It is a brief one but very common: the question of the idler, the steward in the parable, the statesman. It is one of the standing pr...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:6 begins the second part of the defence (Acts 22:6). WAS COME NIGH should be _was drawing near._ The narration is the same as in Acts 9:3 and...
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...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the twenty-second chapter of Acts. Pick up on Paul where we left him last week in that very dramatic moment. Paul in spite of repeated warnings from the Holy Spirit...
Acts 10:33; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 9:6; Acts 22:12;...
Here observe, 1. That although Christ converted Paul himself, yet Ananias, as his minister, must instruct him: by Christ is grace infused, but by his ministers increased. Such an honour doth Christ pu...