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Verse Acts 9:23. _AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED_] What
follows relates to transactions which took place about _three years_
after his conversion, when he had come a second time to Damascus,...
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AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS ... - How long a time elapsed before this is
not recorded in this place, but it is evident that the writer means to
signify that a considerable time intervened. There is, ther...
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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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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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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,...
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AFTER THAT. when.
MANY DAYS. the three years of Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:18. Compare 1
Kings 2:38; 1 Kings 2:39, where many days a
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A Plot against Saul's Life. His Flight from Damascus
23. _And after that_[when] _many days were fulfilled_ As the visit to
Jerusalem mentioned in Acts 9:26 seems to follow closely upon the
events narr...
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A PLOT AGAINST SAUL’S LIFE. HIS FLIGHT FROM DAMASCUS...
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ἩΜΈΡΑΙ ἹΚΑΝΑΊ, _many days_. As the visit to Jerusalem
mentioned in Acts 9:26 seems to follow closely upon the events
narrated in Acts 9:25, and as that visit was not made till after the
retirement int...
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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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AND AFTER—MANY DAYS— After an interval of about _three years;_
during which period Saul went into Arabia, and preached the gospel
there. See Galatians 1:17. Though St. Luke has not given us a
particul...
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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 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
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23-25. Saul now begins to see enacted in Damascus scenes similar to
those in which he had played a part in Jerusalem; but his own position
is reversed. He begins to experience, in his turn, the ill-tr...
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And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to
kill him:
AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. The expression is studiously
indefinite [ epleerounto (G4137) heemerai (G2250) h...
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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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AFTER MANY DAYS] according to Galatians 1:18, after' three years.' THE
JEWS] These must have persuaded the governor of king Aretas to
persecute Paul: see 2 Corinthians 11:32....
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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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AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. — We learn from the more
definite statement in Galatians 1:18 that these few words cover a
period of otherwise unrecorded work, extending over a period of three
ye...
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ἡμέρας ἱκανάς : whether the period thus described was
meant to cover the definite period in Galatians 1:16, _i.e._, as
including St. Paul's visit to Arabia, it is difficult to decide.
Lightfoot holds...
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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...
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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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(4) And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to
kill him:
(4) Paul, who was before a persecutor, now has persecution planned
against himself, though it will not happen for a lon...
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When many days were passed. By the account St. Paul gives of himself,
(Galatians chap. i.) soon after his conversion he went into Arabia,
and about three years after he might come to Damascus. Then it...
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Hence the Jews can stand him no longer. The Greek reveals that they
passed a vote, assuming the form of a decree, to kill him. They secure
the co-operation of Areta, the governor, who keeps the gates...
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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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23._When many days were fulfilled. _He saith that many days were
expired, that we may know that Paul had some space of time granted him
wherein he might do good. For although the Jews did resist him e...
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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 AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED,.... This phrase is used by
the Septuagint on Exodus 2:11 for a considerable length of time, for
many years. The Jewish writers observe t, that the phrase, "man...
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And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill
him:
Ver. 23. _And after many days_] _a_ _sc._ After three years. So long
he had to settle, ere God called him forth to suffer....
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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...
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MANY DAYS; a part of this time he spent in Arabia, a country south and
east of Judea. Galatians 1:15-18. Wicked men are often disposed to use
violence against those who differ from them in religion. T...
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Saul in danger of his life:...
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AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED, THE JEWS TOOK COUNSEL TO KILL
HIM;...
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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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NOW AFTER MANY DAYS WERE PAST, THE JEWS PLOTTED TO KILL HIM.
1. Now the table is turned. Now the the Jews were ready to kill Saul.
A few weeks ago Saul was their hero. Now he was the villain.
2. The...
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"And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to
kill him"When many days were fulfilled" "A considerable number of days
were being fulfilled" (Rhm). This expression can also refer...
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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...
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MANY DAYS; God would not presently expose him to conflicts, but inure
him to suffer by degrees; as also it pleased God to spare him so long
nigh unto that place where he had wrought so great a miracle...
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23-25. Saul now begins to see enacted in Damascus scenes similar to
those in which he had played a part in Jerusalem; but his own position
is reversed. He begins to experience, in his turn, the ill-tr...
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Acts 9:23 Now G1161 after G5613 many G2425 days G2250 past G4137
(G5712) Jews G2453 plotted G4823 ...
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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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‘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...
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Acts 9:23. AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. Some three years
probably had now elapsed since the day when Ananias had restored sight
to the blinded Pharisee leader; the Damascus preaching and the A...
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WHEN MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED
(Hως επληρουντο ημερα ικανα). Imperfect passive
indicative of πληροω, old and common verb, were in process of
being fulfilled. How "many" (considerable, ικανα, common w...
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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 9:19
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. _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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AFTER MANY DAYS HAD GONE BY. Probably three years time, during which
he was away in Arabia (Galatians 1:16-18). It was when he had come
back to Damascus that this persecution broke out. AND MADE PLANS...
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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 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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:23 THE JEWS. Luke often uses the phrase “the
Jews” to refer to Jewish people who opposed the gospel (see esv
footnote on v. Acts 9:23
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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 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Acts
13:50;...
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To kill. See on Luke 23:32....
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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...