Tarsus; the capital of Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.
He prayeth; this indicated the change he had experienced. When men offer from the heart supplications to God, he is ready to visit them in mercy; and to those who understand his character and ways, it is always encouraging to learn concerning any one, that he prays.
Verse Acts 9:11. _ARISE, AND GO INTO THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED_ _STRAIGHT_] How very particular is this direction! And it was necessary that it should be so, that he might see the whole to be a Divin...
INTO THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT - This street extends now from the eastern to the western gate, about three miles, crossing the whole city and suburbs in a direct line. Near the eastern gate...
CHAPTER 9 __ 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...
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...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
There was a disciple in Damascus called Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He said, "Here am I Lord." The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight'; inqui...
STREET. lane. Greek. _rhume._ Here, Acts 12:10; Matthew 6:2.Luke 14:21. STRAIGHT. It ran direct from the W. gate to the E. gate. In oriental cities such would be the bazaar. ENQUIRE. seek. Greek. _z...
_into the street which is called Straight_ A long straight street still runs through Damascus, and is probably (so persistent is every feature of Oriental life) the same in which Ananias found Saul in...
ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ῬΎΜΗΝ ΤῊΝ ΚΑΛΟΥΜΈΝΗΝ ΕΥ̓ΘΕΙ͂ΑΝ, _into the street which is called Straight_, ἐπὶ with the accusative signifies ‘upon,’ and here the sense given by it is that of motion first _to_ the street, an...
SAUL’S SIGHT RESTORED. HE PREACHES IN DAMASCUS...
_THE CONVERSION OF SAUL ACTS 9:1-18:_ Saul's early training helped him to be a very sincere man. However, as important as sincerity is we must remember that sincerity may be just as real in the heart...
ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 9:6. _Сопутств. part._ со _знач. imper._ ΠΟΡΕΎΘΗΤΙ _aor. imper. pass. (dep.), см._ Acts 9:3. ΡΎΜΗ (G4505) улица, ΚΑΛΟΥΜΈΝΗΝ _praes. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ...
DISCOURSE: 1763 SAUL’S PRAYER Acts 9:11. _Behold, he prayeth_. WHEN we speak of the grace of God as the free and only source of good to man, we are often misunderstood, as though we affirmed that man...
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...
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
See notes on verse 10...
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, AND THE LORD SAID UNT...
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...
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...
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...
THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT. — A street answering to this description still runs from the Eastern Gate to the palace of the Pacha, and is known locally as the “Street of Bazaars.” Somewhat cur...
CHAPTER 3 THE NEW CONVERT AND HIS HUMAN TEACHER. Acts 9:10 SAUL of Tarsus was converted outside the city, but the work was only begun there. Christ would put honour upon the work of human ministry,...
ἀναστὰς : the word as has been previously remarked is characteristic of Luke (_cf._ its use in O.T.), and does not in the least support the idea that the vision was a dream of the night, _cf._ Acts 8:...
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...
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...
Saul Baptized by Ananias Luke told Theophilus that "a certain disciple," not an apostle or preacher, saw a vision from the Lord. It must have been a shock for Ananias to hear the Lord tell him to go t...
And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for [one] called Saul, of (f) Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, (f) Tarsus was a...
SAUL'S CONVERSION 1-15. As the Romans looked upon the Nazarenes as an insignificant faction of Judaism, in some way to them utterly mysterious, out of harmony with their own church, they acquiesced in...
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...
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...
11._For, behold, he prayeth. _Luke showeth that Paul gave himself (585) to prayer those three days; and peradventure this was one cause why he fasted, although it be certain, as I have already said, t...
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...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE,.... Quickly, directly, immediately, from off thy bed; the case required haste and dispatch: AND GO INTO THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT; a street in the city of...
And the Lord _said_ unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for _one_ called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, Ver. 11. _The street...
_And there was a disciple named Ananias_ This Ananias, before his conversion to Christianity, had lived so conformably to the law, that he was much esteemed by all the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, Acts...
The Lord commissions Ananias:...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE, AND GO INTO THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT, AND ENQUIRE IN THE HOUSE OF JUDAS FOR ONE CALLED SAUL, OF TARSUS; FOR, BEHOLD, HE PRAYETH,...
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,...
SO THE LORD _SAID_ TO HIM, " ARISE AND GO TO THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT, AND INQUIRE AT THE HOUSE OF JUDAS FOR _ONE_ CALLED SAUL OF TARSUS, FOR BEHOLD, HE IS PRAYING. 1. Jesus sent Ananias on a speci...
"And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul,. man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth" "So called from its run...
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...
INQUIRE IN THE HOUSE OF JUDAS FOR ONE CALLED SAUL: God telleth our wanderings, and knoweth our abode, and mindeth his, especially in their sorrows, which was Saul's case. FOR, BEHOLD, HE PRAYETH; he s...
Tertullian On Baptism , being requested, is taken to sit beside him; the Lord is pointed out; faith lingers not; water needs no waiting for; the work is completed, and the apostle snatched away. "But...
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‘And the Lord said to him, “Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he is praying. And he has seen a ma...
SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
Acts 9:11. THE STREET WHICH IS CALLED STRAIGHT. In the time when the events related in the ‘Acts' took place, ‘the main thoroughfare of Damascus was the street called “Straight,” so called from its ru...
TO THE STREET (επ την ρυμην). See on Luke 14:21. A run way (from ρεω, to run) between the houses. So were the narrow lanes or alleys called streets and finally in later Greek the word is applied to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE LORD SAID TO HIM. Just as Philip was sent to the Ethiopian eunuch, Ananias is sent to Saul. STRAIGHT STREET. This street ran across the city, from the eastern gate to the western gate, and was abo...
_And there was a certain disciple at Damascus called Ananias._ ANANIAS OF DAMASCUS 1. Most people have watched a little steam tug busily towing some great ship down stream or out into the sea. The tu...
_And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight._ STRAIGHT STREET Is distinguished-- I. As the temporary abode of a remarkable stranger. “One Saul of Tarsus.” 1...
_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...
STRAIGHT STREET The street which is called Straight. Acts 9:11. The street called Straight was in the city of Damascus. St. Paul went to stay there just after his conversion and it was there that h...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:11 THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT is one of the world’s oldest continually occupied streets, still existing today. TARSUS. See note on v. 30....
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...
_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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13; 2 Chronicles 33:18; 2 Chronicles 33:19;...
Street [ρ υ μ η ν]. See on Luke 14:21. A narrow street or lane. Straight. So called from its running in a direct line from the eastern to the western gate of the city....
ANANIAS, SERVANT OF GOD Acts 9:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS God links Himself with man in the performance of His Word and work. "We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us." What co...
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...
Behold he is praying — He was shown thus to Ananias....