Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 9:5
To kick against the goads — is a Syriac proverb, expressing an attempt that brings nothing but pain.
To kick against the goads — is a Syriac proverb, expressing an attempt that brings nothing but pain.
ACTS 9:5-6 diw,keij\ avlla, After diw,keij (and omitting avlla, of ver. Acts 9:6) the Textus Receptus adds sklhro,n soi pro.j ke,ntra lakti,zein. (6...
ACTS 9:4-5 diw,keij The clause sklhro,n soi pro.j ke,ntra lakti,zein is included after diw,keij (ver. Acts 9:4) in E 431 vgmss syrp, h with * Petilianus J...
Verse Acts 9:5. _WHO ART THOU, LORD?_] τις ει, κυριε; _Who art thou, SIR_? He had no knowledge who it was that addressed him, and would only use the term κυριε, as any Roman or Greek would, merely as...
AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? - The word “Lord” here, as is frequently the case in the New Testament, means no more than “sir,” John 4:19. It is evident that Saul did not as yet know that this was...
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...
THE LORD. The texts read "He". JESUS. App-98. IT IS HARD, &C. The texts omit "it is hard", &c. to "unto him", in the middle of Acts 9:6. The words were probably supplied from the personal narrative...
_And he said, Who art thou, Lord?_ Saul is sensible of the Divine nature of the vision, and shews this by his address. The appearance of Christ, though in a glorified body, must have been like that wh...
Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...
Ὁ ΔΈ instead of ὁ δὲ κύριος εἶπεν with ABC. _Vulg_. ‘et ille’ only. 5. ΕἾΠΕΝ ΔΈ, ΤΊΣ ΕἾ, ΚΎΡΙΕ _and he said, Who art thou, Lord?_ Saul is sensible of the divine nature of the vision, and shews this b...
5, 6. σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν. τρέμων τε καὶ θαμβῶν εἶπεν, Κύριε, τί με θέλεις ποιῆσαι; καὶ ὁ κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν omitted with אABCEHLP. The _Vulg_. represents it. 5, 6. The words here omitted...
_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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ. ΕΙ _praes. act. ind. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΚΎΡΙΕ _voc. sing. от_ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) Господь. Это не больше чем вежливое обращение, потому что Савл понимает, что разговар...
DISCOURSE: 1762 CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Acts 9:3. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice...
SUDDENLY THERE SHINED ROUND ABOUT HIM A LIGHT, &C.— It was about noon that Saul with his company came nigh the city of Damascus; when suddenly there appeared the _Shechinah,_ or the glory of the Lord,...
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...
5, 6. Though his conscience was now aroused, and he knew full well that the vision before him was from heaven, he can not comprehend it until he knows who it is that speaks to him and asserts himself...
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? The word "Lord" here is an ind...
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...
9:5 persecutest. (h-16) The rest of ver. 5 and part of ver. 6, as in the A.V., is not found in the best manuscripts....
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...
_It is_ HARD FOR THEE TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS] These words, which the RV omits as an interpolation from Acts 26:14, mean that the _rôle_ of a persecutor is impossible to Paul. Paul is really in the...
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...
WHO ART THOU, LORD? — The word “Lord” could not as yet have been used in all the fulness of its meaning. As in many cases in the Gospels, it was the natural utterance of respect and awe (John 5:7; Joh...
Acts 9:1 CHAPTER 2 THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1 WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's life as we know it from his own reminiscences, from hints in Hol...
Τίς εἶ, Κύριε; the title is here used in reverent and awestruck response to the question of a speaker, in whose voice, accompanied as it was by the supernatural light, Saul recognised a divine utteran...
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 he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] (c) hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (c) This is a proverb which is spoken of those who through...
_To kick against the goad. Others translate against the pricks; others, against the sting. The metaphor is taken from oxen kicking, when pricked to go forward. (Witham)_...
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 he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (6) And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou hav...
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...
5._Who art thou, Lord? _We have Paul now somewhat tamed, but he is not yet Christ’s disciple. Pride is corrected in him, and his fury is brought down. But he is not yet so thoroughly healed that he ob...
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 HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD?.... For he knew not whether it was God, or an angel, or who it was that spake to him; he knew not Christ by his form or voice, as Stephen did, when he saw him standing...
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: _it is_ hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Ver. 5. _To kick against the pricks_] A metaphor from oxen push...
_And as he journeyed_ Full of wrath against the Lord's disciples; and _came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven_ This, doubtless, was occasioned by the rays of...
THE LORD; the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver Acts 9:17; Acts 9:27; 1Co 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8. HARD; painful and useless. PRICKS; sharp irons or points at the end of a staff or goad with which they drove ca...
AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? AND THE LORD SAID, I AM JESUS, WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST; IT IS HARD FOR THEE TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS....
The miraculous vision:...
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 HE SAID, " WHO ARE YOU, LORD? " THEN THE LORD SAID, " I AM JESUS, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING. IT _IS_ HARD FOR YOU TO KICK AGAINST THE GOADS. " 1. Saul used the term "Lord" - not because he underst...
"And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,. am Jesus whom thou persecutest"Who art thou, Lord?" At this point the word Lord probably means "sir", because Jesus has not yet fully revealed Himself....
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...
WHO ART THOU, LORD? Saul was in a great consternation and doubting, whether it was God, or an angel. JESUS WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST: though he did not intend this persecution against Christ, yet our Savi...
5, 6. Though his conscience was now aroused, and he knew full well that the vision before him was from heaven, he can not comprehend it until he knows who it is that speaks to him and asserts himself...
Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom is drawn away with the rent portions of the flesh; still he stands immoveable, the stronger for his sufferings, revolving only this in his mind, that in that...
Acts 9:5 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) Who G5101 You G1488 (G5748) Lord G2962 Then G1161 Lord...
SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
‘And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but rise, and enter into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” ' Saul had been humbled to the groun...
_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...
Acts 9:5. AND HE SAID, WHO ART THOU, LORD? For a moment, perhaps, the awe-struck earnest Pharisee, while he gazed on the sweet face of the Master, which if he had not seen he must so often have heard...
LORD (κυριε). It is open to question if κυριε should not here be translated "Sir" as in Acts 16:30 and in Matthew 21:29; Matthew 21:30; John 5:7;...
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 9:4 The Lord's dealing with St. Paul has been precisely the way of His dealing with thousands and tens of thousands whom He has sought to make in like manner partakers of the light of the everla...
Acts 9:5 This declaration points: I. To past impressions. Many persons regard this startling event as the first and only period that the Saviour sought the services of an ardent man; that without any...
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...
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, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...
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...
WHO ARE YOU, LORD? He recognized this as a supernormal communication, but would not know that it was Christ who spoke. Saul was a religious man, sincere in what he was doing (Acts 23:1). I AM JESUS. H...
_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 he said, Who art Thou, Lord?_ PRESSING QUESTIONS OF AN AWAKENED MIND The manifestation of Jesus subdued the great man into a little child. He inquires, with sacred curiosity, “Who art Thou, Lor...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:5 “WHO ARE YOU, LORD?” Though Paul was physically blinded by the bright light (see vv. Acts 9:3, Act
_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...
1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Samuel 3:4; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 26:9; Acts 5
It is hard for thee, etc. Transferred from ch. 26 14, and omitted by the best texts....
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...
THREE GREAT QUESTIONS Acts 9:4 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Saul of Tarsus was stricken down to the ground by a great light, he heard a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?" Saul had thou...