Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Acts 9:31
Extension of the Church in Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria.
The churches] RV 'the Church.' The local churches formed one organic whole.
Extension of the Church in Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria.
The churches] RV 'the Church.' The local churches formed one organic whole.
ACTS 9:31 h` … evkklhsi,a … ei=cen … oivkodomoume,nh kai. poreuome,nh … evplhqu,neto {A} The range and age of the witnesses that read the singular number are superior to those that read the plural. T...
Verse 31. _THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST_] Instead of ια εκκλησιαι, _the Churches_, ABC, several others, the _Syriac, Coptic,_ _AEthiopic, Armenian_, and _Vulgate_, have ηεκκλησια, _the Church_. Every a...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST - That is, the persecutions against Christians ceased. Those persecutions had been excited by the opposition made to Stephen Acts 11:19; they had been greatly promoted by Sa...
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...
ACTS 9:31 is an editorial note between the story of Paul and the set of stories about Peter, now to follow. There is much early evidence for the reading of the AV, the churches, instead of the church....
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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...
THEN, &C.. The church indeed therefore. CHURCHES. App-186. REST. peace. Greek. _eirene._ THROUGHOUT. Greek. _kata._ App-104. AND WERE EDIFIED. being edified. Greek. _oikodomec._ Compare Acts 4:11;...
_Then had the churches rest_, &c. Better, "So the CHURCH throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had PEACE." In the best texts the noun and all the verbs agreeing with it are in the singular numb...
Ἡ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘ecclesia quidem.’ 31. Ἡ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ … ΕἸΡΉΝΗΝ, _so the Church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace_. The sense is that the whole Chris...
SAUL VISITS JERUSALEM. HE IS SENT AWAY TO TARSUS. THE CHURCHES HAVE REST...
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...
ΈΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ (G1577) церковь, христианекая община. Sing., вероятно, относится к иерусалимской церкви, члены которой рассеялись по территории Иудеи, Галилеи и Самарии (K.N.Giles, "Luke's Use of the term 'Ε...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST— This _rest_ is by no means to be ascribed merelyor chiefly to St. Paul's conversion; who, though a great zealot, was but a young man, of no immediate or supreme authority,...
THE WORK OF PETER Acts 9:31, Acts 11:18 1. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 9:31. Acts 9:31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samar
31. Preparatory to this transition in the narrative, the historian glances rapidly over the territory to which we are about to be introduced, stating the condition of things immediately after Saul's d...
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. THEN HAD THE...
30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away, but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
9:31 assemblies (a-2) Or 'assembly,' as many MSS. Spirit. (b-34) Or 'enjoyed peace ... and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.'...
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...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST. — The better MSS. have “the Church” in the singular. The tranquility described may have been due, partly to the absence of any leading men among the opponents of the new so...
αἱ ἐκκλησίαι if we read the singular ἡ ἐκκλ. with the great MS. the word shows us that the Church, though manifestly assuming a wider range, is still one: Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 55, thinks that here the...
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...
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...
The Growth of the Church and Two of Peter's Miracles After Saul went to Tarsus, Luke reported that a period of peace ensued during which the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria was strengthened, walk...
(9) Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were (n) edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (9) The...
The Church visibly proceedeth still with much comfort and patience; she is perfected by persecution, and by means of the promised infallible protection, she has ever proved herself invulnerable to all...
PETER'S EVANGELISTIC TOURS 31. The miraculous conversion of Saul stunned and paralyzed the aggressive persecutors of the fallen ecclesiasticism, at the same time giving a great boom to the rising hope...
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...
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...
31._Then the Churches. _Luke’s meaning is, that the enemies of the gospel were greatly provoked by Paul’s presence. For why was there such peace made suddenly by his departure, save only because the v...
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...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST,.... Meaning not spiritual rest in Christ; this they had before, even in tribulation, but rest from persecution; not so much because of the conversion of Saul, the great per...
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. Ver. 31. _Then...
_Then had the churches_ The whole body of Christian believers, with all their congregations, wherever they were dispersed; _throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, rest_ Ειρηνην, _peace;_ their bi...
JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA; the three divisions into which Palestine, or the Holy Land, was divided. EDIFIED; strengthened and advanced in knowledge and piety....
Saul at Jerusalem:...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA, AND WERE EDIFIED, AND, WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY GHOST, WERE MULTIPLIED. Three years befor...
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,...
THEN THE CHURCHES THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA, GALILEE, AND SAMARIA HAD PEACE AND WERE EDIFIED. AND WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WERE MULTIPLIED. 1. God expect...
"So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied"Had peace" The church...
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...
THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST; when Paul was sent away, against whom they had the greater spite, as having been as zealous a persecutor as any amongst them. AND WERE EDIFIED: the church is frequently com...
31. Preparatory to this transition in the narrative, the historian glances rapidly over the territory to which we are about to be introduced, stating the condition of things immediately after Saul's d...
Acts 9:31 Then G3303 G3767 churches G1577 throughout G2596 all G3650 Judea G2449 G2532 Galilee G1056 and...
‘So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified, and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.' The return of Saul t...
Acts 9:31. THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST. In the most ancient MSS. the singular form ‘Church' is found, and there is a reason for the writer of the ‘Acts' preferring ‘Church' to ‘churches.' Here he is vi...
SO THE CHURCH (Hη μεν ουν εκκλησια). The singular εκκλησια is undoubtedly the true reading here (all the great documents have it so). By this time there were churches scattered over Judea, Galilee,...
Acts 9:31 Our Lord tells us that the Comforter's work as Comforter is to abide, to teach, to remind, to testify, to reprove. These are the ways in which He comforts. The text carries on the same idea....
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...
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...
HAD A TIME OF PEACE. After Paul escaped from the city, persecution ceased for a while. The Roman Emperor Caligula ordered his statue placed in the temple at Jerusalem. The Jews were too busy with this...
_Then had the Churches rest._ QUIET TIMES The right use of quiet times is a great secret of Christian living. Human life is made up of alternations of storm and calm, of trouble and rest. It is so wi...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:31 THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA. There may have been hundreds of churches in the small cities and towns throughout this large region, but all of them tog...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 9:32. LYDDA.—The Old Testament Lod (Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35; 1 Chronicles 8:12), now called Lucid.
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...
1 Chronicles 22:18; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians 14:26;...
The churches. The best texts read the church; embracing all the different churches throughout the three provinces of Palestine. Edified. Or build up. Comfort [π α ρ α κ λ η σ ε ι]. From parakalew, to...
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...
AMONG THE CHURCHES Acts 9:31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS For the while we turn from Saul and the record of his ministry, and we return to the early Church and her dominant figure, Peter. We ask your attenti...
Then the Church — The whole body of Christian believers, had peace — Their bitterest persecutor being converted. And being built up — In holy, loving faith, continually increasing, and walking in — Th...
That is, "After Saul's miraculous conversion, and after he was sent away, and departed from those parts, where the Jews, his old companions in persecution, could not endure his presence, he having bee...