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ACTS 9:19 h`me,raj tina,j
The reading of î45 h`me,raj i`kana,j (compare ith _dies plurimos_) is
a scribal modification, introduced perhaps under the influence of the
similar phrase in ver....
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Verse Acts 9:19. _WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT, HE WAS STRENGTHENED_]
His _mind_ must have been greatly worn down under his three days'
conviction of sin, and the awful uncertainty he was in concerning...
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HAD RECEIVED MEAT - Food. The word “meat” has undergone a change
since our translation was made. It then meant, as the original does,
food of all kinds.
WITH THE DISCIPLES - With Christians, compare...
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CHAPTER 9
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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...
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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...
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Paul remained with the disciples in Damascus for some time. And
immediately he began to preach Jesus in the synagogues, and the burden
of his preaching was, "This is the Son of God." Everyone who hear...
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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MEAT. nourishment. Greek. _trophe._...
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_and when he had received_[taken] _meat_, &c. Needed after his three
days fast, but (says Calvin) "he refreshed not his body with meat
until his soul had received strength."
_Then was Saul certain day...
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ὁ Σαῦλος omitted with אABCE. Not in _Vulg_.
19. ΚΑῚ ΛΑΒῺΝ ΤΡΟΦΉΝ, _and when he had taken meat_.
Needed after his three days’ fast, but (says Calvin) ‘he refreshed
not his body with meat until his sou...
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SAUL’S SIGHT RESTORED. HE PREACHES IN DAMASCUS...
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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...
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ΛΑΒΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
принимать,
ΈΝ ΣΧΥΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΝΙΣΧΎΩ (G1765)
принимать силу,
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 9:3....
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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
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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...
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See notes on verse 17...
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And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
AND WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT, HE WAS STRENGTHENED - for the bodily
exhaust...
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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...
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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...
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CERTAIN DAYS] St. Luke makes no mention of the Arabian sojourn of St.
Paul, which, according to Galatians 1:17, took place immediately after
the conversion. Either St. Luke did not know of it, or thou...
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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...
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AND WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT. — Better, as elsewhere, _food._ The
three days’ fast had obviously brought about a state of extreme
prostration. In St. Paul’s account of his conversion in Galatians
1:1...
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ἡμέρας τινάς : used here apparently, as in Acts 10:48;
Acts 16:12; Acts 24:24, etc., of a short period; see note on Acts
9:23, and _cf._ critical notes, Blass in [228]
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT,.... Which was set before him when he
had received his sight, and after he was baptized, of which he had not
tasted for three days:
HE WAS STRENGTHENED; in body, being b...
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And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Ver. 19. _With the disciples_] For as he desired to cleave perpetually
to the...
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_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...
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The baptism of Saul:...
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AND WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED MEAT, HE WAS STRENGTHENED. THEN WAS SAUL
CERTAIN DAYS WITH THE DISCIPLES WHICH WERE AT DAMASCUS.
The apprehensions of Ananias had been removed by the Lord's
revelation. Leavin...
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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,...
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SO WHEN HE HAD RECEIVED FOOD, HE WAS STRENGTHENED. THEN SAUL SPENT
SOME DAYS WITH THE DISCIPLES AT DAMASCUS.
1. The fast was over. Saul was ready to eat, gain his strength.
2. Saul stayed in Damascu...
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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...
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St. Paul could not but be much weakened with his journey, fear, grief,
fasting, and constant praying; and now he takes a prudent care of his
health, that he might be further enabled for the service of...
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Acts 9:19 So G2532 received G2983 (G5631) food G5160 strengthened
G1765 (G5656) Then G1161 Saul G4569 spent...
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‘And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he
received his sight, and he arose and was baptised, and he took food
and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples...
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SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
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Acts 9:19. THEN WAS SAUL CERTAIN DAYS WITH THE DISCIPLES WHICH WERE AT
DAMASCUS. The writer in this portion of his history of the ‘acts of
Paul' is very brief. Paul, in his Galatian Epistle (Acts 1:16...
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WAS STRENGTHENED
(ενισχυθη). First aorist passive indicative of ενισχυω,
to receive strength (ισχυς), comparatively late verb and here
only in the N.T. save Luke 22:43 where it is doubtful. Poor ve...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SAUL STAYED FOR A FEW DAYS. Paul, as we better know him, received his
knowledge and his message direct from God and did not need to be
taught (Galatians 1:12). But try to picture his intense desire fo...
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_Then was Saul certain days with the disciples … And straightway he
preached Christ._
THE SOCIETY OF THE GOOD
I. The tendency to Christian intercourse is generated by the love of
Christ. The love of...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:19 Saul likely received instruction in the
Christian “way” from the DISCIPLES AT DAMASCUS. In Galatians 1:1,
Paul notes that during this time he “went
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 30:12; Acts 26:20; Acts 27:33; Eccle
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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...
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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...