-
ACTS 9:25 oi` maqhtai. auvtou/
The oldest reading extant in the manuscripts appears to be oi`
maqhtai. auvtou/ (î74 a A B C 81* vg _al_). This was altered (perhaps
because in verses...
-
Verse Acts 9:25. _LET_ HIM _DOWN, BY THE WALL_] Favoured, probably, by
a house built against or upon the wall, through the window of which
they could lower him in a basket; and by this means he made h...
-
TOOK HIM BY NIGHT ... - This was done through a window in the wall, 2
Corinthians 11:33.
IN A BASKET - This word is used to denote commonly “the basket in
which food was carried,” Matthew 15:37;...
-
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...
-
After some time the Jews formed a plot to murder him; but Saul was
informed of their plot. Night and day they kept continuous watch on
the gates to murder him. But the disciples took him by night and,...
-
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
-
LET HIM DOWN. sent him down. Greek. _kathiemi._ Occurs elsewhere, Acts
10:11; Acts 11:5.Luke 5:19.
BY. through. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 9:1....
-
_Then the disciples took him by night_ The oldest MSS. read "But his
disciples, &c.," and this well-supported reading favours the
explanation of the "many days" given in Acts 9:24. On his second visit...
-
ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΟἹ ΜΑΘΗΤΑῚ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ Κ.Τ.Λ.,
_but his disciples took him by night and_, &c. This well-supported
reading favours the explanation of ἡμέραι ἱκαναί given
in Acts 9:23. On his second visit to Da...
-
A PLOT AGAINST SAUL’S LIFE. HIS FLIGHT FROM DAMASCUS...
-
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...
-
ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
брать. _Сопутств. part._ или семитское
плеонастическое (вспомогательное)
использование (SA, 125; АА, 125; однако _см._
Barrett),
ΜΑΘΗΤΉΣ (G3101) ученик,...
-
AND THEY WATCHED THE GATES, &C.— This shews that there were great
numbers engaged in this bloody design; forDamascus was a large city,
and had many gates. Damascus now belonged to Aretas, king of Arab...
-
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 ARABIA. ACTS 9:23 A. Galatians 1:17 a.
Acts 9:23
And when many days were fulfilled,
ACTS 9:23 A There is but a sentence to tell us of th
-
See notes on verse 23...
-
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in
a basket.
THEN THE DISCIPLES. Lachmann and Tischendorf have 'his disciples' [
autou (G846) for - auton (G846) - with A B C E, a...
-
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...
-
THE DISCIPLES] RV 'his disciples.'...
-
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...
-
LET HIM DOWN BY THE WALL IN A BASKET. — The basket is the _spuris_
of Matthew 15:37, where see Note. In 2 Corinthians 11:33 St. Paul
describes it by another word (_sarganè_)_,_ which gives the idea of...
-
οἱ μαθηταὶ if we add αὐτοῦ, see critical notes, the
words would apparently refer to Jews converted by Saul, so Chrysostom:
“but his disciples” R.V. Alford, who reads αὐτοῦ, supposes
that we have here...
-
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...
-
(5) Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by the
wall in a basket.
(5) We are not forbidden to avoid and eschew the dangers and
conspiracies that the enemies of God lay for us, but...
-
PAUL'S SANCTIFICATION
20-25. (Galatians 1:15-22 and Romans 7.) Saul had long been a preacher
of no ordinary ability. Hence he was a fluent orator when thus
powerfully converted under the impetus of a...
-
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...
-
25._The disciples having taken him by night. _There is a question
moved here, whether it were lawful for the disciples to save Paul thus
or no? and also, whether it were lawful for Paul to escape dang...
-
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...
-
THEN THE DISCIPLES TOOK HIM BY NIGHT,.... The Alexandrian copy reads,
"his disciples"; the disciples of Saul, such as he had been
instrumental in making at Damascus: but it is not usual for the saints...
-
Then the disciples took him by night, and let _him_ down by the wall
in a basket.
Ver. 25. _Let him down, &c._] It is not unlawful then to fly in some
cases. Tertullian was too rigid in condemning al...
-
Acts 9:23. _And after many days were fulfilled_ In which several
events took place, which are elsewhere hinted at; and particularly
after he had made an excursion into Arabia, as is mentioned Galatian...
-
THEN THE DISCIPLES TOOK HIM BY NIGHT, AND LET HIM DOWN BY THE WALL IN
A BASKET. "After many days were fulfilled," at the expiration of a
longer period of time. Luke does not say where Saul stayed duri...
-
Saul in danger of his life:...
-
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,...
-
"but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the
wall, lowering him in. basket"His disciples" Not in the sense of his
own personal followers, an idea that Paul clearly opposed (1
Cor...
-
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...
-
As Rahab did the spies, JOSHUA 2:15, and Michal did David, 1 SAMUEL
19:12....
-
Acts 9:25 Then G1161 disciples G3101 took G2983 (G5631) him G846 night
G3571 down G2524 (G5656)...
-
‘And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together
to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the
gates also day and night in order that they might kill him, bu...
-
SAUL'S MINISTRY IN DAMASCUS (9:20-25).
With his usual enthusiasm Saul could not wait to get to grips with
those who had once been his supporters, and it was not long before he
was in the synagogues pr...
-
THROUGH THE WALL
(δια του τειχους). Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:33 explains
δια του τειχους as being δια θυριδος (through a
window) which opened into the house on the inside of the wall as is
true toda...
-
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...
-
LOWERING HIM IN A BASKET. Houses built against the wall, or on the
wall, gave the opportunity to escape from the city....
-
_And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him
… Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall
in a basket._
PAUL’S DELIVERANCE BY THE BASKET
I. God wage...
-
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 9:20. AND STRAIGHTWAY HE PREACHED CHRIST.—Not after his return
from Arabia (Plumptre), but after his conversion and during or at the
end of the certain days. Paul’s preaching...
-
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 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Corinthians 11:33; Joshua 2:15...
-
By the wall [δ ι α τ ο υ τ ε ι χ ο υ ς]. Rev., more
accurately, through the wall, as is explained by 2 Corinthians 11:33.
Either through the window of a house overhanging the wall, or through
a window...
-
SAUL SAVED TO SERVE
Acts 9:18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Following his baptism Saul received meat for his famished body, and
was strengthened. Then Saul entered into a new comradeship with
believers; a comr...
-
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...