Acts 9:22

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 sense in Ephesians 4:16. In Colossians 2:2, of being knit together in love. In 1 Corinthians 2:16, of instructing, building up, by putting together. In this sense the word occurs in the Septuagint. See Leviticus 10:11; Jude 1:8 :8.

The Christ. Note the article. Not a proper name, but an appellative. See on ver. 20.