Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 22:12
A devout man according to the law — A truly religious person, and though a believer in Christ, yet a strict observer of the law of Moses.
A devout man according to the law — A truly religious person, and though a believer in Christ, yet a strict observer of the law of Moses.
ACTS 22:12 katoikou,ntwn VIoudai,wn {B} The difficulty of katoikei/n used absolutely in the shorter text probably led scribes to add an explanatory gloss, either evn Dama,skw| in the later uncials an...
See the notes on Acts 9:17....
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...
ONE. a certain. Greek. _tis_. App-123. DEVOUT. Greek. _eusebes._ See note on Acts 10:2, but the texts read _eulabes_, as in Acts 2:5. HAVING. GOOD REPORT. borne witness to. Greek. _matureo,_ as in Ac...
_Ananias, a devout man according to the law_, &c. The Apostle neglects nothing in his address which can conciliate his audience, and so he tells them that the messenger whom God sent to him was "well...
ἈΝΑΝΊΑΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ, ἈΝῊΡ ΕΥ̓ΛΑΒῊΣ ΚΑΤᾺ ΤῸΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ, _and Ananias, a devout man according to the Law_. The Apostle neglects nothing in his address which can conciliate his audience, and so he tells them that...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_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...
ΕΥΛΑΒΉΣ (G2126) благочестивый, набожный, почитающий Бога (LN, 1:533; GELTS, 187; NIDNTT, 2:90-91; TDNT). ΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΎΜΕΝΟΣPRAES. _pass._part., _см._ Acts 22:5. ΚΑΤΟΙΚΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΑΤΟΙΚ...
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 one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews wh...
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...
A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW. — In Acts 9:10, Ananias is simply described as “a disciple.” The special description here was obviously given with a view to conciliate those who were listening to t...
Ἀναν., Acts 9:10. The description is added, ἀνὴρ εὐ. Ἰ., manifestly fitting before a Jewish audience, and a proof that the brother who came to Saul was no law-breaker, Lewin, _St. Paul_, ii., 146. On...
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...
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...
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...
− 12._One Ananias. _Paul proceedeth now unto the fourth point, to wit, that he did not only give his name to Christ, being astonished with miracles, but that he was also well and thoroughly instructed...
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 ONE ANANIAS, A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW,.... The Alexandrian copy, and Vulgate Latin version, read only, "a man according to the law"; one whose walk, life, and conversation, were agreeable...
_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....
AND ONE ANANIAS, A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HAVING A GOOD REPORT OF ALL THE JEWS WHICH DWELT THERE,...
Paul and Ananias:...
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...
" THEN A CERTAIN ANANIAS, A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HAVING A GOOD TESTIMONY WITH ALL THE JEWS WHO DWELT _THERE,_ 1. Ananias is: 1. A Jew, raised and taught according to the law. 2. A devou...
"And. certain Ananias,. man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there" Paul deliberately referred to Ananias as being devout according to the standa...
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...
ACCORDING TO THE LAW; this is added to distinguish him from a proselyte, and to let them know that he had received the gospel, not from a convert out of Gentilism, (who though they admitted, yet they...
Acts 22:12 Then G1161 certain G5100 Ananias G367 devout G2152 man G435 according G2596 law G3551 testimony G3140 ...
“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight. And in that very ho...
Acts 22:12. AND ONE ANANIAS, A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HAVING A GOOD REPORT OF ALL THE JEWS WHICH DWELT THERE. In the account of the conversion of chap. Acts 9:10, this Ananias is merely ment...
A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW (ευλαβης κατα τον νομον). See on Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; Luke 2:25 for the adjective ευλαβης. Paul adds "according to the law" to show that he was introduced to Christi...
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...
A MAN NAMED ANANIAS. He was a Christian (Acts 9:10), but kept the Law strictly. BROTHER SAUL, SEE AGAIN! See Acts 9:17-18 and notes. THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS. Compare Acts 7:32;...
_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 one Ananias … said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee._ THE DIVINE ORDINATION OF HUMAN LIFE The verb here translated, “chosen,” only occurs in this form in one other place (Acts 26:16), w...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 22:12 For his Jewish hearers, Paul stressed the faithfulness of ANANIAS. ⇐...
_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...
1 Timothy 3:7; 2 Corinthians 6:8; 3 John 1:12; Acts 10:22; Acts 17:4;...
A devout man, etc. In ch. 9 10, he is called a disciple. Paul here "affirms that he was not introduced to Christianity by an opponent of Judaism, but by a strict Jew" (Gloag)....