Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Acts 9:26-31
SAUL VISITS JERUSALEM. HE IS SENT AWAY TO TARSUS. THE CHURCHES HAVE REST
SAUL VISITS JERUSALEM. HE IS SENT AWAY TO TARSUS. THE CHURCHES HAVE REST
ACTS 9:26 evpei,razen The reading evpeira/to, which is from the usual verb in classical Greek meaning “to try [to do something],” was introduced into the later text (E H L P many minuscules, followed...
Verse Acts 9:26. _HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLES_] επειρατο κολλασθαι, He _endeavoured to get closely united to them_, to be in religious fellowship with them. _BELIEVED NOT THAT HE WAS...
WAS COME TO JERUSALEM - He did not go to Jerusalem immediately after he escaped from Damascus. He first went into Arabia, where he spent a considerable part, or the whole of three years. For the reaso...
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 AT JERUSALEM. This visit is understood to have taken place very shortly after Saul's conversion; the brethren there have not heard of his conversion, nor of his preaching in Damascus. Barnabas ha...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to make contact with the disciples. They were all afraid of him because they did not believe that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the...
ASSAYED. tried. Greek. _peirao._ JOIN. See note on Acts 5:13. AND BELIEVED NOT. not believing, i.e. hesitating to believe. App-150....
Saul visits Jerusalem. He is sent away to Tarsus. The Churches have rest 26. _And when Saul_[he] _was come to Jerusalem_ The oldest MSS. omit the proper name. Saul had never visited Jerusalem since t...
SAUL'S EARLY MINISTRY ACTS 9:19-31 : After his conversion Saul began to build up what he had tried to destroy. Saul went to the Jewish meeting places and immediately started telling people that Jesus...
ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G3854) прибывать. ΈΠΕΊΡΑΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΙΡΆΖΩ (G3985) пытаться, стараться. _Impf._ изображает повторяющиеся попытки, ΚΟΛΛΆΣΘΑ...
AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM— Upon his escaping from Damascus, St. Paul went up to Jerusalem, where he had never been since his conversion to Christianity; and thither he went chiefly to visit...
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 JERUSALEM. Acts 9:26-29. Galatians 1:17 b - Galatians 1:19. Acts 9:26 And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himsel
26, 27. The mortification of Saul as being compelled to thus escape from Damascus was remembered for many years, to be mentioned when he would "glory in the things which concerned his infirmities." He...
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. AND WHEN SAUL - or 'when he' [omitting ho...
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...
It is strange that after this arduous work at Damascus the Church of Jerusalem should still doubt the fact of Paul's conversion....
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...
AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM. — His journey probably took him, as before, through Samaria (see Note on Acts 9:3), and so laid the foundation of the interest in the Samaritan Church, which shows...
παραγενόμενος : on its frequency in St. Luke's Gospel and Acts see Acts 5:21; apparently presupposes that Saul betook himself immediately to Jerusalem, so that the stay in Arabia cannot be inserted he...
WELCOMED AS A BROTHER Acts 9:23-31 He who feeds on Scripture must wax strong. The new convert started at once to testify of the Savior. We have no right to keep to ourselves the great treasures that...
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...
The Persecutor Becomes a Preacher Once he was baptized and had broken his fast by partaking of some food, Saul began to be with the disciples. Saul immediately began preaching in Damascus, then went t...
(6) And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. (6) In ancient times no man was rashly...
PAUL'S APOSTOLICAL RECOGNITION 26-30. They had no mails nor telegraphs. News was slow and uncertain. His name had been the terror of Jerusalem. They fear a strategem, and all stand aloof until Barnaba...
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (21) But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jeru...
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...
26._When Saul was. _These were yet hard entrances (617) for Paul, who was as yet but a freshwater soldier, in that, when he had hardly escaped the hands of the enemies, the disciples would not receive...
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 WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM,.... After he had escaped out of Damascus, in the manner before related, and which was three years after his conversion: HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLE...
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. Ver. 26. _They were all afraid of him_] Ope...
_And when Saul was come to Jerusalem_, &c. It must be observed here, that the history of Paul's preaching at Damascus, going into Arabia, and visiting Jerusalem, is somewhat intricate, and interpreter...
ASSAYED; attempted....
AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM, HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLES; BUT THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM, AND BELIEVED NOT THAT HE WAS A DISCIPLE....
Saul at Jerusalem:...
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 WHEN SAUL HAD COME TO JERUSALEM, HE TRIED TO JOIN THE DISCIPLES; BUT THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM, AND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WAS A DISCIPLE. 1. Saul returned to Jerusalem. 2. He tried to "join...
"And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was. disciple"He assayed to join himself to the disciples" "Was...
23-31 When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was a...
TO JOIN HIMSELF TO, to be admitted to intimate fellowship and communion with, THE DISCIPLES. THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM; Paul was sufficiently known by name and face at Jerusalem, and many had felt h...
26, 27. The mortification of Saul as being compelled to thus escape from Damascus was remembered for many years, to be mentioned when he would "glory in the things which concerned his infirmities." He...
Acts 9:26 And G1161 Saul G4569 come G3854 (G5637) to G1519 Jerusalem G2419 tried G3987 (G5711) join...
SAUL'S MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM (9:26-30). ‘And when he was come to Jerusalem, he sought to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.' But whe...
Acts 9:26. AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM. What must have been Saul's feelings when, after three years' absence, he first saw the walls and towers of the Holy City again? He had left Jerusalem as...
HE ASSAYED (επειραζεν). Imperfect active of conative action.TO JOIN HIMSELF (κολλασθα). Present middle (direct) infinitive of conative action again. Same word κολλαω in Luke 15:15; Acts 10:28. See...
GONE TO JERUSALEM The Acts records four visits of Paul to Jerusalem after conversion: (1) (Acts 9:23). This seems identical with the visit of (Galatians 1:18); (Galatians 1:19). The "apostles" of ve...
Acts 9:19 Damascus Arabia Jerusalem. We see from this chapter: I. The minute care which God has over His people. He gives to Ananias the street and the house in the great city of Damascus where Paul...
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...
SAUL WENT TO JERUSALEM. Three years before, he had set out from Jerusalem, as a proud, talented young Pharisee, with a bright future as an agent of the Council. He set out with authority from the High...
_And when Saul was come to Jerusalem he essayed to Join himself to the disciples._ SAUL’S EMOTIONS ON RETURNING TO JERUSALEM He was returning to it from a spiritual as Ezra had from a bodily captivit...
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 9:27. BARNABAS (Acts 4:36) appears here as the patron of Saul, whom he takes by the hand (not literally, but metaphorically), and introduces to the apostles. Acts 9:28, should...
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 22:17; Acts 26:20; Acts 4:23; Acts 9:19; Galatians 1:17;...
Join himself. See on ch. Acts 5:13; Luke 14:15; Luke 10:11....
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...
And coming to Jerusalem — Three years after, Galatians 1:18. These three years St. Paul passes over, Acts 22:17, likewise....
Here we have an account of the second place which Paul exercised his ministry in; namely, Jerusalem. Having escaped with his life at Damascus, he comes to Jerusalem and attempts to join himself to th...