Acts 22:14

ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατ. ἡμῶν : again a conciliatory phrase, cf. Acts 7:32, so St. Peter in Acts 3:13; Acts 5:30. προεχειρ.: “hath appointed,” only in Acts in N.T., Acts 3:20, and in Acts 26:16, again used by Paul in narrating his conversion and call. In LXX, cf. Exodus 4:13; Joshua 3:12, Malachi 3:7; 2Ma 8:9, always with the notion of some one selected for an important duty (Lumby): to which may be added Dan., LXX, Acts 3:22 (see H. and R.), cf. note on Acts 3:20. τὸν δίκαιον, see on Acts 3:14, and Acts 7:52. φ. ἐκ τοῦ στ.: “a voice from his mouth,” R.V., so Rhem., as the Apostle heard it at his conversion. στ. is often used in phrases of a Hebraistic character, so here fitly by Ananias, cf. Acts 15:7.