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ACTS 9:22 evnedunamou/to
Copyists added the words evn tw|/ lo,gw| (C (om. evn) E 467 ith, p
copG67) to make it clear that the statement, “Saul increased all the
more in strength,” refers to his power...
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Verse Acts 9:22. _CONFOUNDED THE JEWS_] συνεχυνε, Overwhelmed
them so with his arguments that they were obliged to _blush_ for the
weakness of their own cause.
_PROVING THAT THIS_] ουτος, This perso...
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INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH - His conviction of the truth of the
Christian religion became stronger every day, and hence his moral
strength or boldness increased.
AND CONFOUNDED - See Acts 2:6. The...
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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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INCREASED... IN STRENGTH. was strengthened. Greek. _endunamoo._ Occurs
elsewhere, Romans 4:20; Ephesians 6:10; Philippians 1:4; Philip
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_But Saul increased the more in strength_ i.e. he became more and more
energetic in his labours and the Holy Ghost gave him more power. His
fitness for the labour on which he was entering was very gre...
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SAUL’S SIGHT RESTORED. HE PREACHES IN DAMASCUS...
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ΣΑΥ͂ΛΟΣ ΔῈ ΜΑ͂ΛΛΟΝ ἘΝΕΔΥΝΑΜΟΥ͂ΤΟ, _but
Saul increased the more in strength_, i.e. became more and more
energetic in his labours, and the Holy Ghost gave him more power. His
fitness for the labour on w...
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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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PROVING THAT THIS IS VERY CHRIST.— _Evincing that he_ [_Jesus_] _is
the Christ._ As Saul had blasphemed Christ and persecuted the
Christians through _ignorance,_ and while he really _disbelieved_ the...
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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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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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See notes on verse 19...
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But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews
which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH, AND CONFOUNDED THE JEWS
WHICH DW...
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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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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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BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH. — The tense implies a
continuous growth in power, obviously in the spiritual power which
enabled the Apostle _to carry_ on his work. A comparison of dates
sugg...
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ἐνεδυναμοῦτο : only used here by St. Luke, and elsewhere
only by St. Paul (five or six times), and always of religious and
spiritual strength; used also three times in the LXX; twice with
reference to...
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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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(3) But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews
which dwelt at Damascus, (k) proving that this is very Christ.
(3) Paul does not do battle only with his own authority, but also w...
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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...
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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...
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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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22._And Saul waxed stronger. _Luke doth not only in this place commend
the bold zeal of Paul in confessing the faith of Christ, but also he
telleth us that he had strong reasons to convince the Jews....
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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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BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH,.... Not of body, but of mind;
his gifts and graces, and spiritual light and knowledge increased; his
abilities were greater; his fortitude of mind, boldness, a...
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But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which
dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Ver. 22. _Proving that this, &c._] Συμβιβαζων. Proving it
by comparing Scri...
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_And straightway_ That is, immediately after his conversion; _he
preached Christ in the synagogues_ Some writers have given it as their
opinion, (see Dr. Wells on the place, and _Script. Geog._, vol....
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VERY CHRIST; the true Messiah....
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BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH, AND CONFOUNDED THE JEWS WHICH
DWELT AT DAMASCUS, PROVING THAT THIS IS VERY CHRIST.
Saul had, by the Word of the Lord through Ananias and probably also by
direc...
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Saul preaches Christ:...
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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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BUT SAUL INCREASED ALL THE MORE IN STRENGTH, AND CONFOUNDED THE JEWS
WHO DWELT IN DAMASCUS, PROVING THAT THIS _JESUS_ IS THE CHRIST.
1. Saul worked hard to prove his conversion was genuine.
2. He co...
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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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INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH; true grace thrives by exercise and
opposition: the word here used many take to be a metaphor from
builders, who, in erecting their fabrics, fit one piece or part to
ano...
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Acts 9:22 But G1161 Saul G4569 increased G1743 more G3123 strength
G1743 (G5712) and G2532 confounded G4797 ...
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‘But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews
who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.'
Meanwhile the more he preached, and the more he studied, the more he
increas...
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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...
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Acts 9:22. BUT SAUL INCREASED THE MORE IN STRENGTH. Dean Alford
regards these as the only words under which can lie concealed the
journey to Arabia, His note on this verse is a striking one: ‘Paul
men...
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INCREASED THE MORE
(μαλλον ενεδυναμουτο). Imperfect passive indicative
of ενδυναμοω, to receive power (late verb), progressive
increase in strength as opposition grew. Saul's recantation stirred
con...
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BUT SAUL
It seems probable that (Acts 9:22) refer to Paul's labours in Damascus
after his return from Arabia (Galatians 1:17).
The "many days" of verse (Acts 9:23) may represent the "three years"
of...
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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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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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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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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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BUT SAUL'S PREACHING. His ability grew rapidly!...
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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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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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_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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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 Corinthians 1:27; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Acts
17:3;...
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Confounded. See on ch. Acts 2:6.
Proving [σ υ μ β ι β α ζ ω ν]. The verb means to bring or
put together : hence to compare and examine, as evidence, and so to
prove. Used in the literal and physical s...
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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...
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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...