John Trapp Complete Commentary
Acts 9:7
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Ver. 7. Hearing a voice] Not Christ's voice, but Saul's only, Acts 22:9 .
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Ver. 7. Hearing a voice] Not Christ's voice, but Saul's only, Acts 22:9 .
Verse Acts 9:7. _STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN._] The men were εννεοι, _stupified_, hearing τηςφωνης, _the voice_ or _thunder_, but not distinguishing the _words_, which were a...
AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM - Why these men attended him is unknown. They might have been appointed to aid him, or they may have been travelers with whom Saul had accidentally fallen in. STOO...
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...
JOURNEYED WITH. Greek. _sunodeuo._ Only here. SPEECHLESS. Greek. _enneos_ or _eneos._ Only here in N.T., but found in Septuagint Proverbs 17:28 (holdeth his peace) and Isaiah 56:10 (dumb). HEARING. T...
_And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless_ Cp. Daniel 10:7, "I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fell upon them." Saul wa...
Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...
ΟἹ ΔῈ ἌΝΔΡΕΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _and the men which journeyed with him stood speechless_. Cf. Daniel 10:7, ‘I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fel...
_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...
ΣΥΝΟΔΕΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΣΥΝΟΔΕΎΩ (G4922) сопровождать, быть попутчиком кого-л., с _dat._ ΕΊΣΤΉΚΕΙΣΑΝ _plperf. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΈΝΕΌΣ (G1769) безмолвный, ΆΚΟΎΟ...
STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE— _Stood perfectly astonished;_—stood fixed and confounded. The original implies the attitude of a person who is so astonished as not to be able to stir. In chap. Acts...
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...
7. While the conversation was passing between Saul and Jesus, the conduct of his companions is thus described by Luke. (7) "_Now, the men who were journeying with him stood speechless, hearing the voi...
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, [ enneoi (G1767), or, as the best manuscripts write...
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...
9:7 voice (i-13) Or 'sound.'...
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...
STOOD SPEECHLESS] According to Acts 26:14, they fell to the earth. Hearing a voice] RV 'hearing the voice.' Yet in Acts 22:9; Paul says, 'they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.' The latter...
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...
HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN. — We are told by St. Paul himself (Acts 22:9) that they “did _not_ hear the voice.” What is meant is clearly that they did not hear the words — could attach no mean...
οἱ συνοδεύοντες : probably riding in company with him; not found in classical Greek, but used in the same sense as here in Plutarch not elsewhere in N. T; but see Wis 6:23, and Tob 5:16 ([223] [224] _...
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 the men which journeyed with him (d) stood speechless, hearing a (e) voice, but seeing no man. (d) Stood still and could not go one step forward, but remained amazed as stood still like statues....
There it shall be told thee, &c. The Almighty having established a Church, and ministry, the depositories of his doctrines, does not, even on this extraordinary occasion, transgress his own laws; but...
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...
_THE YOUNG CONVERT’S INQUIRY_ ‘Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?’ Acts 9:6 There is much to learn, and much to imitate, in these words, if you take almost each of them separately. But I want to f...
7._And the men. _He speaketh now briefly of the companions of Paul, that they were witnesses of the vision. Yet it seemeth that this narration doth not in all points agree with that of Paul, which we...
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 THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM,.... Out of respect to him, to keep him company; or rather to assist him in his designs: STOOD SPEECHLESS: astonished and amazed, they had not power to speak one...
_And the men which journeyed with him_ Who at first fell to the ground, as Saul did: upon recovering themselves and rising up; _stood speechless_ With astonishment and terror; _hearing a voice_ Ακουον...
STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN; by comparing the present account with chap Acts 22:9, we learn that Saul's companions heard a voice and saw a light; but that they neither underst...
The end of the vision:...
AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN....
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,...
AND THE MEN WHO JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE BUT SEEING NO ONE. 1. Saul was leading a group of men. We don't know exactly how many but several. He needed enough to arrest and...
"And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man"The men" Possibly Jewish or Roman soldiers. "Stood speechless" "Denotes those who are so astonished or st...
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...
STOOD SPEECHLESS: in ACTS 26:14, these men are said to be fallen to the earth as well as Saul, which they might at first be, and now rose up; or rather, by standing still here is only meant, they, bei...
7. While the conversation was passing between Saul and Jesus, the conduct of his companions is thus described by Luke. (7) "_ Now, the men who were journeying with him stood speechless, hearing the vo...
Acts 9:7 And G1161 men G435 who G3588 journeyed G4922 (G5723) him G846 stood G2476 (G5715) speechless...
‘And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the sound (voice), but beholding no man.' The men who travelled with him apparently heard ‘of the sound' (the same word means sound or voi...
SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
Acts 9:7. THE MEN WHO JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS. In chap. Acts 26:14 Paul tells King Agrippa how ‘we were all fallen to the earth;' here, in the narrative of Luke, we read how ‘they stood sp...
_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...
THAT JOURNEYED WITH HIM (ο συνοδευοντες αυτω). Not in the older Greek, but in the _Koine_, with the associative instrumental.SPEECHLESS (ενεο). Mute. Only here in N.T., though old word.HEARING TH...
VOICE Compare (Acts 22:9); (Acts 26:14). A contradiction has been imagined. The three statements should be taken together. The men heard the "voice" as a sound (Greek, "phōnē"), but did not hear t...
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, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...
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,-_ 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...
THEY HEARD THE VOICE. Saul both heard the voice and saw Jesus (Acts 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8). These men were on the fringes of the vision and did not receive the full impact. Altho...
_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 the men who Journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man (text, and _Acts 22:9_): _ THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF LIFE Here is a record of the supernatural in the life of...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:7 Saul’s companions heard the VOICE but saw NO ONE. In his later testimony to the Jews, Paul spoke of them seeing the light but not understanding the voice ...
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...
Acts 22:9; Acts 26:13; Acts 26:14; Daniel 10:7; Matthew 24:40;...
Speechless [ε ν ε ο ι]. Only here in New Testament....
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 men — stood — Having risen before Saul; for they also fell to the ground, Acts 26:14. It is probable they all journeyed on foot. Hearing the noise — But not an articulate voice. And seeing the lig...
Observe here, The testimony or witnesses of Saul's conversion, to writ, the men that journeyed with him; it is probable that he had. considerable number of officers with him, to bring both men and wom...