Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 9:17
The Lord hath sent me — Ananias does not tell Saul all which Christ had said concerning him. It was not expedient that he should know yet to how great a dignity he was called.
The Lord hath sent me — Ananias does not tell Saul all which Christ had said concerning him. It was not expedient that he should know yet to how great a dignity he was called.
ACTS 9:17 VIhsou/j Although the word VIhsou/j, which is absent from H L P Y 5 218 255 257 326 383 431 467 623 927 1311 1838 2143 copsa ethro, may have come into the text from ver....
Verse Acts 9:17. _BROTHER SAUL_] As he found that the _Head_ of the Church had adopted Saul into the heavenly family, he made no scruple to give him the right hand of fellowship, and therefore said, _...
PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HIM - This was not “ordination,” but was the usual mode of imparting or communicating blessings. See the notes on Matthew 19:13; Matthew 9:18. BROTHER SAUL - An expression recogn...
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...
There was a disciple in Damascus called Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He said, "Here am I Lord." The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight'; inqui...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
BROTHER. Thus recognizing him as. fellow-disciple. SAUL. Greek. _Saoul,_ as in Acts 9:4. APPEARED UNTO. was seen by. Greek. _optomai._ App-106. AS. by which. SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174. TH...
_Brother Saul_ The Hebrew form of the name, see Acts 9:4, note. _the Lord, even Jesus_ Combining the name "Lord" used by Saul when the vision appeared, with that "Jesus" which Christ, speaking from H...
ΣΑΟΎΛ. See above on Acts 9:4. Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ … ἸΗΣΟΎΣ. Ananias is guided to combine the name ‘Lord,’ which Saul had used when he beheld the vision of glory, with ‘Jesus’ which Christ had Himself uttered in...
SAUL’S SIGHT RESTORED. HE PREACHES IN DAMASCUS...
_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...
ΆΠΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) уходить, идти вперед, ΕΊΣΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 9:6. ΈΠΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Acts 9:12. ΆΠΈΣΤΑΛΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΠ...
ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY, &C.— Had St. Paul been an _impostor,_ he could not have acted his part but in confederacy. He was to be instructed by one at Damascus; Acts 9:6 that instructor therefore must hav...
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...
IN DAMASCUS. Acts 9:8 b - Acts 9:22. Acts 9:8 b and they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus. Acts 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and di
17-19. The assurance given by the Lord was sufficient to remove his fears. (17) "_And Ananias went away and entered into the house, and laid hands upon him, and said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesu...
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou...
10 God graciously gives a double witness to His dealing with Saul. Ananias is quite his opposite, being a devout disciple. Saul would have found it almost impossible to join the disciples as he did wi...
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...
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...
PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HIM SAID, BROTHER SAUL. — The correspondence of the act with the vision spoken of in Acts 9:12, would be the first step in the identification of the visitor. The words would tend...
ἐπιθεὶς ἐπʼ ἀ. τὰς χ.: not as bestowing the Holy Ghost (for see context), but as recovering from his blindness, _cf._ Mark 16:18. Σαούλ, see on Acts 9:4, perhaps too the word used by Jesus would reass...
OPENED EYES Acts 9:10-22 How graciously God makes use of prepared souls as partners in the work of salvation! It would have been easy for the risen Lord to have Himself completed what He had begun; o...
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...
Saul Baptized by Ananias Luke told Theophilus that "a certain disciple," not an apostle or preacher, saw a vision from the Lord. It must have been a shock for Ananias to hear the Lord tell him to go t...
And Ananias went his way, and entered into (i) the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that...
Laying his hands on him. This imposition of hands, made use of on different occasions, was to pray that he might receive his sight, as well as the grace of the Holy Ghost, which God sometimes gave to...
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. (11) And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the...
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...
17._Having laid his hands upon. _We have said elsewhere that this was a solemn, and, as it were, an ordinary thing amongst the Jews, to lay their hands upon those whom they did commend to God. The apo...
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 ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY,.... He arose from off his bed or seat, where he was, went out of his house, and on the way to the place where Saul was; he had nothing more to say, his objections were answer...
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, _even_ Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that tho...
_And Ananias went his way_ With all readiness and joy undertook the message, not presuming to object any further; _and entered into the house_ To which he had been so particularly directed; _and putti...
THAT APPEARED UNTO THEE IN THE WAY; that Saul saw the person of the Lord Jesus is implied in what is said of his companions, that they saw no man; and is affirmed by Ananias here and in chap. Acts 22:...
AND ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY, AND ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE; AND PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HIM, SAID, BROTHER SAUL, THE LORD, EVEN JESUS, THAT APPEARED UNTO THEE IN THE WAY AS THOU CAMEST, HATH SENT ME THAT THOU...
The baptism of Saul:...
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 ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY AND ENTERED THE HOUSE; AND LAYING HIS HANDS ON HIM HE SAID, " BROTHER SAUL, THE LORD JESUS, WHO APPEARED TO YOU ON THE ROAD AS YOU CAME, HAS SENT ME THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE YOUR...
"And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou ma...
10-22 A good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ's feet with those words, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And never did Christ leave any who were brought to that. Behold, the pr...
ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE; the house of Judas, with whom Saul lodged, as ACTS 9:11. PUTTING HIS HANDS ON HIM; concerning this, see ACTS 6:6, besides on what may be said of this imposition of hands elsewh...
17-19. The assurance given by the Lord was sufficient to remove his fears. (17) "_ And Ananias went away and entered into the house, and laid hands upon him, and said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jes...
Acts 9:17 And G1161 Ananias G367 way G565 (G5627) and G2532 entered G1525 (G5627) G1519 house...
‘And Ananias departed, and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, even Jesus, who appeared to you in the way which you came, that you may receiv...
SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
Acts 9:17. AND ANANIAS WENT HIS WAY. The hesitation, the doubts and fears of Ananias, the Jewish Christian, and his subsequent visit and complete acceptance of the persecutor Saul as a brother saint c...
LAYING HIS HANDS ON HIM (επιθεις επ' αυτον τας χειρας). As in the vision Saul saw (verse Acts 9:12).BROTHER SAUL (Σαουλ αδελφε). All suspicion has vanished and Ananias takes Saul to his heart as...
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...
AND PLACED HIS HANDS ON SAUL. As an act of friendship, not to give any gift [since Ananias was not an apostle]. Paul declared that he received his authority as an apostle from God, not men (Galatians...
_And Ananias,…putting his hands on him said, brother Saul._ SAUL CONVERTED I. The ministry which helps to complete the great change. If the appearance of the Lord to the persecutor was miraculous, t...
_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 there was a certain disciple at Damascus called Ananias._ ANANIAS OF DAMASCUS 1. Most people have watched a little steam tug busily towing some great ship down stream or out into the sea. The tu...
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 9:10. That ANANIAS (see on Acts 9:1) was one of the Seventy is an unsupported conjecture; that he was a “devout” man Saul afterwards asserts (Acts 22:12); that he had previousl...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:47; 1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 1:23;...
Brother. In Christ....
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...
ANANIAS, SERVANT OF GOD Acts 9:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God links Himself with man in the performance of His Word and work. "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us." What co...
Observe here, 1. Ananias, though no apostle, no deacon, nor minister, that we read of, but an ordinary and private Christian only, yet he has power to heal Saul of his blindness, and to confer the Hol...