My voice] RV 'my vote.' The Gk. means 'the vote of a judge,' and establishes the fact that at the time of the death of Stephen, Paul, though so young a man, was a member of the Sanhedrin.

12-18. See on Acts 9:3; Acts 22:6.

16-18. It appears from Acts 9:6; Acts 22:10 that all the directions that Jesus gave to Paul at the moment of his conversion were, 'Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.' The command to preach to the Gentiles was apparently given through Ananias (Acts 22:15), and more definitely in a subsequent vision at Jerusalem (Acts 22:21). It seems reasonable, therefore, to suppose that St. Paul here summarises the contents of more than one revelation.

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