Get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; this St. Paul takes notice of, that it might appear unto the Jews that he did not out of choice, or because he bare a grudge against them, decline them, and preach to the Gentiles. For they will not receive thy testimony concerning me; as if Christ had said, They who were appointed unto life, and were curable, are already cured; but the rest who are hardened, nothing remains for them but utter destruction.
AND SAW HIM - Evidently, the Lord Jesus, Acts 22:14. He had received his commission from him, and he now received a distinct command to go to the Gentiles. FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE - The inhabitants...
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...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
"Because I was not able to see because of the glory of that light, I came into Damascus led by the hand by those who were with me. And Ananias, a pious man as regards the Law, a man to whose character...
SAYING. Before "saying" supply ellipsis, "and heard Him". QUICKLY. with (Greek. _en._ App-104.) speed. OUT OF. Greek. _ek_. App-104. RECEIVE. Greek. _paradechomai._ See note on Acts 16:21. Figure o...
_and saw him saying unto me_ In Acts 9:29-30 no mention is made that a vision had appeared to Saul commanding him to depart from Jerusalem. It is only said that "the disciples" sent him away. But thes...
ΚΑῚ ἸΔΕΙ͂Ν ΑΥ̓ΤῸΝ ΛΈΓΟΝΤΆ ΜΟΙ, _and saw Him saying unto me_. In Acts 9:29-30 no mention is made that a vision had appeared to Saul commanding him to depart from Jerusalem. It is only said that ‘the di...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP AMONG GENTILES ACTS 22:17-21:_ After his conversion Paul returned to Jerusalem and to the Temple to pray. In a vision he was told to leave Jerusalem because the people would not li...
ΊΔΕΪΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. _Inf._ с гл. ΛΈΓΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΣΠΕΫ́ΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΣΠΕΎΔΩ (G4692) спешить, поспешать. _Aor. imper...
AND SAW HIM— That is, the Lord Jesus. Some suppose, that this memorable event happened in the second journey that St. Paul made to Jerusalem. See ch. Acts 11:30. But the expression rather seems to int...
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 17...
AND SAW HIM SAYING UNTO ME, MAKE HASTE, AND GET THEE QUICKLY OUT OF JERUSALEM: FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE THY TESTIMONY CONCERNING ME. And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly ou...
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...
(18)GET THEE QUICKLY OUT OF JERUSALEM. — It is obvious that this fits in better with the first hurried visit after St. Paul’s conversion than with the second, when he came with Barnabas with alms for...
σπεῦσον καὶ ἔξ.: implying danger, _cf._ Acts 9:29. σου μαρτ.: grounded upon the occurrence before Damascus, and so a striking testimony....
SAVED FOR FURTHER SERVICE Acts 22:17 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1, the Apostle here adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple, when he questioned the a...
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...
In Damascus, a devout, God-fearing man came to Paul, restored his sight and told him God had appointed him to know his will, see the righteous one and hear his voice. He further said God planned for h...
Here Paul rehearses his testimony to Jesus of his leadership in his martyrdom, alleging that the Jews will certainly not receive his testimony. _“And he said unto me, Go, for I will send you far away...
_“And I saw him, saying, Hasten and depart quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.”_ This second appearing of Jesus unto Paul took place in Jerusalem after...
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...
− 18._Because they will not. _Though the commandment of God alone ought to be sufficient enough to bind us to obey, yet to the end Paul might be the more willing to follow, Christ showeth him a reason...
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 SAW HIM SAYING UNTO ME,.... That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, that just One, whom he had seen in his way to Damascus, and whose voice he had heard, and whose name he had called upon at his baptism...
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. Ver. 18. _They will not receive_] And I have ordained thee for a...
_When I was come again to Jerusalem_ From Damascus; and _prayed in the temple_ By this he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer; _I was in a trance_ Or ecstasy. Pe...
HIM; the Lord Jesus Christ....
The Lord's direct command to Paul:...
AND SAW HIM SAYING UNTO ME, MAKE HASTE AND GET THEE QUICKLY OUT OF JERUSALEM; FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE THY TESTIMONY CONCERNING ME....
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...
AND SAW HIM SAYING TO ME, ‘MAKE HASTE AND GET OUT OF JERUSALEM QUICKLY, FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE YOUR TESTIMONY CONCERNING ME. ' 1. Paul now realizes there is someone else near him. 2. This person...
Acts 22:18-21 Paul now reveals that the Lord had predicted two things. First, that the Jews would persecute him (just like they were doing on this day) and secondly that preaching to the Gentiles the...
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 kno...
Acts 22:18 and G2532 saw G1492 (G5629) Him G846 saying G3004 (G5723) me G3427 haste G4692 ...
“And it came about, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem, because...
Acts 22:18. MAKE HASTE, AND GET THEE QUICKLY OUT OF JERUSALEM: FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE THY TESTIMONY CONCERNING ME. ‘They' included both the Jews still strangers to the new covenant, and also the Je...
SAW HIM SAYING (ιδειν αυτον λεγοντα). The first visit after his conversion when they tried to kill him in Jerusalem (Acts 9:29).BECAUSE (διοτι, δια and οτ),FOR THAT ....
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...
I WENT BACK TO JERUSALEM. This was three years after he became a Christian (Galatians 1:17-18). He goes on to show that God himself had sent him to the Gentiles. I HAD A VISION. Compare Acts 10:10. So...
_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 … while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance._ A COMMON THING REACHING THE WONDERFUL Here is-- I. A common thing--a man praying. Prayer is an instinct of the soul. Dan...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 22:18 HIM. That is, the Lord Jesus (see v. Acts 22:19). ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:17. Begins the third portion of the defence. WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.—This visit to the Metropolis, which occurred at least three years after his conversion (Acts...
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 3:19; Acts 22:14; Ezekiel 3:6; Ezekiel 3:7; Luke 21:21;...
And I saw him — Jesus, saying to me, Depart quickly out of Jerusalem — Because of the snares laid for thee: and in order to preach where they will hear....