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ACTS 9:26 evpei,razen
The reading evpeira/to, which is from the usual verb in classical
Greek meaning “to try [to do something],” was introduced into the
later text (E H L P many minuscules, followed...
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Verse Acts 9:26. _HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLES_]
επειρατο κολλασθαι, He _endeavoured to get closely
united to them_, to be in religious fellowship with them.
_BELIEVED NOT THAT HE WAS...
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WAS COME TO JERUSALEM - He did not go to Jerusalem immediately after
he escaped from Damascus. He first went into Arabia, where he spent a
considerable part, or the whole of three years. For the reaso...
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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 AT JERUSALEM. This visit is understood to have taken place very
shortly after Saul's conversion; the brethren there have not heard of
his conversion, nor of his preaching in Damascus. Barnabas ha...
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When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to make contact with the
disciples. They were all afraid of him because they did not believe
that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the...
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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ASSAYED. tried. Greek. _peirao._
JOIN. See note on Acts 5:13.
AND BELIEVED NOT. not believing, i.e. hesitating to believe. App-150....
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Saul visits Jerusalem. He is sent away to Tarsus. The Churches have
rest
26. _And when Saul_[he] _was come to Jerusalem_ The oldest MSS. omit
the proper name. Saul had never visited Jerusalem since t...
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SAUL VISITS JERUSALEM. HE IS SENT AWAY TO TARSUS. THE CHURCHES HAVE
REST...
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ὁ Σαῦλος omitted with אABC. Not in _Vulg_.
26. ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ ΔῈ ΕἸΣ ἹΕΡΟΥΣΑΛΉΜ,
_and when he was come to Jerusalem_. Saul had never visited Jerusalem
since the day when he set out on his inquisitorial...
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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 WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM— Upon his escaping from
Damascus, St. Paul went up to Jerusalem, where he had never been since
his conversion to Christianity; and thither he went chiefly to visit...
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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 JERUSALEM. Acts 9:26-29. Galatians 1:17 b - Galatians 1:19.
Acts 9:26
And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himsel
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26, 27. The mortification of Saul as being compelled to thus escape
from Damascus was remembered for many years, to be mentioned when he
would "glory in the things which concerned his infirmities." He...
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And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to
the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that
he was a disciple.
AND WHEN SAUL - or 'when he' [omitting ho...
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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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It is strange that after this arduous work at Damascus the Church of
Jerusalem should still doubt the fact of Paul's conversion....
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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 SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM. — His journey probably took
him, as before, through Samaria (see Note on Acts 9:3), and so laid
the foundation of the interest in the Samaritan Church, which shows...
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παραγενόμενος : on its frequency in St. Luke's Gospel and
Acts see Acts 5:21; apparently presupposes that Saul betook himself
immediately to Jerusalem, so that the stay in Arabia cannot be
inserted he...
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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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(6) And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to
the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that
he was a disciple.
(6) In ancient times no man was rashly...
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PAUL'S APOSTOLICAL RECOGNITION
26-30. They had no mails nor telegraphs. News was slow and uncertain.
His name had been the terror of Jerusalem. They fear a strategem, and
all stand aloof until Barnaba...
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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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26._When Saul was. _These were yet hard entrances (617) for Paul, who
was as yet but a freshwater soldier, in that, when he had hardly
escaped the hands of the enemies, the disciples would not receive...
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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 SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM,.... After he had escaped out of
Damascus, in the manner before related, and which was three years
after his conversion:
HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE DISCIPLE...
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And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the
disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he
was a disciple.
Ver. 26. _They were all afraid of him_] Ope...
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_And when Saul was come to Jerusalem_, &c. It must be observed here,
that the history of Paul's preaching at Damascus, going into Arabia,
and visiting Jerusalem, is somewhat intricate, and interpreter...
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ASSAYED; attempted....
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Saul at Jerusalem:...
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AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM, HE ASSAYED TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE
DISCIPLES; BUT THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM, AND BELIEVED NOT THAT HE
WAS A DISCIPLE....
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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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AND WHEN SAUL HAD COME TO JERUSALEM, HE TRIED TO JOIN THE DISCIPLES;
BUT THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM, AND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WAS A
DISCIPLE.
1. Saul returned to Jerusalem.
2. He tried to "join...
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"And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the
disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was.
disciple"He assayed to join himself to the disciples" "Was...
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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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TO JOIN HIMSELF TO, to be admitted to intimate fellowship and
communion with, THE DISCIPLES. THEY WERE ALL AFRAID OF HIM; Paul was
sufficiently known by name and face at Jerusalem, and many had felt
h...
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26, 27. The mortification of Saul as being compelled to thus escape
from Damascus was remembered for many years, to be mentioned when he
would "glory in the things which concerned his infirmities." He...
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Acts 9:26 And G1161 Saul G4569 come G3854 (G5637) to G1519 Jerusalem
G2419 tried G3987 (G5711) join...
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SAUL'S MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM (9:26-30).
‘And when he was come to Jerusalem, he sought to join himself to the
disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was
a disciple.'
But whe...
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Acts 9:26. AND WHEN SAUL WAS COME TO JERUSALEM. What must have been
Saul's feelings when, after three years' absence, he first saw the
walls and towers of the Holy City again? He had left Jerusalem as...
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HE ASSAYED
(επειραζεν). Imperfect active of conative action.TO JOIN
HIMSELF
(κολλασθα). Present middle (direct) infinitive of conative
action again. Same word κολλαω in Luke 15:15; Acts 10:28. See...
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GONE TO JERUSALEM
The Acts records four visits of Paul to Jerusalem after conversion:
(1) (Acts 9:23). This seems identical with the visit of (Galatians
1:18); (Galatians 1:19). The "apostles" of 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. _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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SAUL WENT TO JERUSALEM. Three years before, he had set out from
Jerusalem, as a proud, talented young Pharisee, with a bright future
as an agent of the Council. He set out with authority from the High...
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_And when Saul was come to Jerusalem he essayed to Join himself to the
disciples._
SAUL’S EMOTIONS ON RETURNING TO JERUSALEM
He was returning to it from a spiritual as Ezra had from a bodily
captivit...
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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 9:27. BARNABAS (Acts 4:36) appears here as the patron of Saul,
whom he takes by the hand (not literally, but metaphorically), and
introduces to the apostles.
Acts 9:28, should...
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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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Acts 22:17; Acts 26:20; Acts 4:23; Acts 9:19; Galatians 1:17;...
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Join himself. See on ch. Acts 5:13; Luke 14:15; Luke 10:11....
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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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And coming to Jerusalem — Three years after, Galatians 1:18. These
three years St. Paul passes over, Acts 22:17, likewise....
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Here we have an account of the second place which Paul exercised his
ministry in; namely, Jerusalem.
Having escaped with his life at Damascus, he comes to Jerusalem and
attempts to join himself to th...