The Hebrew tongue; the ordinary Hebrew; that which was taken for Hebrew, and spoken by the Hebrews after their return from the captivity, though mixed with the Syriac; as Acts 21:40. They kept the more silence; it being more grateful unto them to hear Paul speak in their mother tongue, especially they having so great a prejudice against all other nations and languages.
Verse Acts 22:2. _WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE_] He had probably been traduced by the Jews of Asia as a mere _Gentile_, distinguished only by his virulence against the Jewish rel...
THE HEBREW TONGUE - See the notes on Acts 21:40....
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)...
SPAKE... TO. addressed. Greek. _prosphoneo,_ as in Acts 21:40. HEBREW. Greek. _Hebrais,_ as in Acts 21:40. TONGUE. Greek. _dialektos,_ as in Acts 1:19. KEPT, &C. = shewed silence the more.
_And … Hebrew tongue_ The beckoning with the hand (Acts 21:40) had procured silence enough for the Apostle's first words to be heard, and now they caught the sound of their own dialect. _they kept the...
ἈΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ ΔΈ, _and when they heard_. The beckoning with the hand (Acts 21:40) had procured silence enough for the Apostle’s first words to be heard, and now they caught the sound of their own dialect...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_PAUL'S BIRTH, EDUCATION AND PREJUDICES ACTS 22:1-5:_ The term "men, brethren and fathers" was a term used often among the Jews in Paul's' day. He was happy to answer the charges of speaking against t...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 22:1. ΠΡΟΣΕΦΏΝΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΦΩΝΈΩ (G4377) говорить с кем-л., обращаться к кому-л.. _Impf._ указывает на развивающееся действие, ΜΆΛΛΟΝ (G...
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 1...
(AND WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE TO THEM, THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE: AND HE SAITH,) _ (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue (see the note at _) to them, the...
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...
THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE. — The opening words had done the work they were meant to do. One who spoke in Hebrew was not likely to blaspheme the sacred Hebrew books. What follows was conceived in the...
προσεφώνει : only in Luke and Paul, except Matthew 11:16, _cf._ Matthew 6:13; Matthew 7:32; Matthew 13:12;...
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's First Defense Since his audience was primarily Jewish, Paul addressed them as "Brethren and fathers" (Acts 2:29; Acts 7:2; Acts 13:26). The defense he wants them to hear is much like verbal arg...
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...
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (2) (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith), I detain the R...
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...
− 2._That he spake Hebrew. _This is indeed an usual thing, that when men which speak diverse languages are together, we hear those more willingly who speak our own language; but the Jews were moved wi...
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 WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE TO THEM,.... Acts 21:40. THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE; it being their mother tongue, and which they best understood; and which the captain and the...
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) Ver. 2. _In the Hebrew tongue_] _See Trapp on "_ Act 21:40 _"_...
_Men, brethren, and fathers_ Of whatsoever age, rank, or circumstance of life you are; _hear ye my defence_ Which ye could not hear before for the tumult. _And when they heard that he spake in_ their...
(AND WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE TO THEM, THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE; AND HE SAITH,)...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:...
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 when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said: 1. He spoke in Hebrew. Hebrew was, by this time, an almost dead language. It was only us...
"Addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet" "One who spoke Hebrew was not likely to blaspheme the temple or the Law; and so extending him. temporary good will, they became mor...
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 22:2 And G1161 heard G191 (G5660) that G3754 spoke G4377 (G5707) them G846 Hebrew G1446 language...
‘And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet. And he says,' When they heard that he was speaking in ‘the Hebrew language' they maintained their silence....
Acts 22:2. AND WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE TO THEM, THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE. He addresses his hearers in the loved sacred language. They would be more likely, he knew, to lis...
HE SPAKE (προσεφωνε). Imperfect active, was speaking. See aorist active προσεφωνησεν in Acts 21:40.THEY WERE THE MORE QUIET (μαλλον παρεσχον ησυχιαν). Literally, The more (μαλλον) they furnished o...
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...
WHEN THEY HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO THEM IN HEBREW. The Aramaic or Chaldee dialect of Hebrew was the standard language which every Jew could speak and understand. Even though their "native language" (_see...
_And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue._ PAUL’S METHOD OF QUIETING THE MOB The Hebrew language was their dearest language. It touched them at the point of sympathy. Paul had a new ho...
_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...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:1. MEN, BRETHREN AND FATHERS.—Or, _brethren and fathers,_ the use of “men” in English being unnecessary. Compare the commencement of Stephen’s address to the Sanhedrim (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 21:40...
Kept - silence [π α ρ ε σ χ ο ν η σ υ χ ι α ν]. Lit., gave quiet....