Scofield's Bible Commentary
Acts 22:17
when I was
That is, probably on his first visit to Jerusalem after his conversion.
when I was
That is, probably on his first visit to Jerusalem after his conversion.
Verse Acts 22:17. _WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM_] It is likely that he refers to the first journey to Jerusalem, about three years after his conversion, Acts 9:25, and Galatians 1:18. I was in...
WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM - That is, three years after his conversion. See Galatians 1:17. WHILE I PRAYED IN THE TEMPLE - Paul, like other converts to Christianity from among the Jews, would...
CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Address of the Apostle (Acts 22:1)._ 2. The Answer from the Mob, and Paul's Appeal to His Roman citizenship (Acts 22:22). What a scene it was! On the stairs, midway between the t...
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. The opening of the speech is like that of Stephen (Acts 7:2). In 2 Corinthians 11:22 Paul attests his full membership of the Jewish people, and having lived many years in Pa...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
"Because I was not able to see because of the glory of that light, I came into Damascus led by the hand by those who were with me. And Ananias, a pious man as regards the Law, a man to whose character...
WAS COME AGAIN. returned. See Acts 9:26; Galatians 1:18. App-180. PRAYED. was praying. Greek. _proseuchomai_. App-134. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See Matthew 23:16. A point to weigh with his hearers.
_when I was come again to Jerusalem Rev. Ver._"had returned." This refers to that visit of the Apostle recorded in Acts 9:26 seqq. We learn from Galatians 1:18 that three years had elapsed between the...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
ὙΠΟΣΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΙ ΕἸΣ ἹΕΡΟΥΣΑΛΉΜ, _when I had returned to Jerusalem_. This refers to that visit of the Apostle recorded in Acts 9:26 seqq. We learn from Galatians 1:18 that three years had elapsed between...
_PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP AMONG GENTILES ACTS 22:17-21:_ After his conversion Paul returned to Jerusalem and to the Temple to pray. In a vision he was told to leave Jerusalem because the people would not li...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 22:6. ΎΠΟΣΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΙ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΥΠΟΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G5290) возвращаться. _Dat._ времени (NSV, 57; IBG, 43). ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΟΜΈΝΟΥ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (t...
c. Paul addresses the Jewish mob. Acts 22:1-21. Acts 22:1 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you. Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew l...
17-21. After this brief account of his course of persecution and his conversion, he advances to the events which occurred upon his return to Jerusalem, and which led to that peculiar ministry that had...
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem - for the first time...
40 God acts in marvelous ways. Human opposition works out his purposes quite as effectively as human help. What better means could be devised to get all Jerusalem as well as representatives from the d...
A TRANCE] Some identify this trance with that mentioned 2 Corinthians 12:2 but this is (for chronological reasons) unlikely. 22-C. ACTS 23:11. PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. 23. Cast off] or, 'shook.'...
ST. PAUL'S DEFENCE 1-21. St Paul's Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE CROWD, 22:1-21 V1 ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! I will explain what happened.’ V2 The crowd became even quieter. T...
WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM. — This probably refers to the visit of Acts 9:26, and Galatians 1:17. The objection that the mission “far hence to the Gentiles” must refer to the subsequent visit...
ἐγέν. δέ μοι ὑποσ.: refers to the first visit of St. Paul to Jerusalem after his Conversion, Lightfoot, _Galatians_, pp. 84, 93, 125. Ramsay, _St. Paul_, p. 60, refers it to the second visit, (1) beca...
SAVED FOR FURTHER SERVICE Acts 22:17 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1, the Apostle here adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple, when he questioned the a...
Paul's defense as here recorded is a rare and perfect example of Christian argument. He was defending his devotion to work among the Gentiles. In that defense the last word he was permitted to utter w...
In Damascus, a devout, God-fearing man came to Paul, restored his sight and told him God had appointed him to know his will, see the righteous one and hear his voice. He further said God planned for h...
_To Jerusalem...that I was in a trance. This might be when he went to Jerusalem, three years after his conversion, or at some other time. It might be in this ecstacy that he was wrapt to the third hea...
_“It came to pass unto me returning into Jerusalem, and I praying in the temple, that I was in an ecstacy:_...
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was...
The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...
− 17._And it came to pass. _This had not been the last conclusion, − (513) if Paul had not been cut off [stopped short] with their outrageous outcries. Notwithstanding, his drift and purpose doth plai...
He departs therefore to Jerusalem; and when there, he goes to the house of James, and all the elders assemble. Paul relates to them the work of God among the Gentiles. They turn to their Judaism, of w...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM,.... Which was three years after his conversion; for he did not immediately return to Jerusalem, but went into Arabia; and when he returned...
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; Ver. 17. _Even while I prayed_] Then especially God's people are rapped and ravish...
_When I was come again to Jerusalem_ From Damascus; and _prayed in the temple_ By this he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer; _I was in a trance_ Or ecstasy. Pe...
The Lord's direct command to Paul:...
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM, EVEN WHILE I PRAYED IN THE TEMPLE, I WAS IN A TRANCE;...
The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serious attention. He has been practically convicted by...
" NOW IT HAPPENED, WHEN I RETURNED TO JERUSALEM AND WAS PRAYING IN THE TEMPLE, THAT I WAS IN A TRANCE 1. Paul returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple. 2. Paul was in a trance - literally...
"And it came about when. returned to Jerusalem" Remember, Paul was converted in Damascus, and then some years later returned to Jerusalem (Acts 9:26; Galatians 1:17). "And was praying in the temple" P...
12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the kno...
This was probably about three years after his conversion, as GALATIANS 1:18, and was one of the _visions and revelations_ he makes mention of, 2 CORINTHIANS 12:1. A TRANCE; a rapture and ecstasy, as A...
17-21. After this brief account of his course of persecution and his conversion, he advances to the events which occurred upon his return to Jerusalem, and which led to that peculiar ministry that had...
Acts 22:17 Now G1161 happened G1096 (G5633) I G3427 returned G5290 (G5660) to G1519 Jerusalem G2419 and...
“And it came about, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem, because...
Acts 22:17. AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM. We know that _after_ his conversion and meeting with Ananias, he did not return to Jerusalem, but after a short interval went...
WHEN I HAD RETURNED (μο υποστρεψαντ),WHILE I PRAYED (προσευχομενου μου),I FELL (γενεσθα με). Note dative μο with εγενετο as in verse Acts 22:6, genitive μου (genitive absolute with προσευχομενου...
CONTENTS: Paul's defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, chief captain. CONCLUSION: God's servants who are set upon with rage and fury because o...
Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers;_ that is, men of mixed nations assembled at the feast. The persecutors had said, men of Israel, help. _Brethren,_ religious persons of the stock of Israel. _Fat...
I WENT BACK TO JERUSALEM. This was three years after he became a Christian (Galatians 1:17-18). He goes on to show that God himself had sent him to the Gentiles. I HAD A VISION. Compare Acts 10:10. So...
_And it came to pass that … while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance._ A COMMON THING REACHING THE WONDERFUL Here is-- I. A common thing--a man praying. Prayer is an instinct of the soul. Dan...
_Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence._ PAUL’S DEFENCE 1. Whether we consider the man, the circumstances, the speech, or the effect produced, this address is worthy to be ranked among the...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 22:17 IN THE TEMPLE, I FELL INTO A TRANCE. This must have happened during Paul’s visit to Jerusalem after his conversion (Acts 9:26). For the Jewish audience, it pla
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:17. Begins the third portion of the defence. WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM.—This visit to the Metropolis, which occurred at least three years after his conversion (Acts...
EXPOSITION ACTS 22:1 _Brethren _for _men, brethren, _A.V. (Acts 7:2, note); the for my, A.V.; _now make _for _make now, _A.V. THE DEFENSE; ἀπολογία This is the technical word in classical Greek for...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the twenty-second chapter of Acts. Pick up on Paul where we left him last week in that very dramatic moment. Paul in spite of repeated warnings from the Holy Spirit...
2 Corinthians 12:1; Acts 10:10; Acts 10:9; Acts 9:26; Galatians 1:18
I was in a trance [γ ε ν ε σ θ α ι μ ε ε ν ε κ σ τ α σ ε ι]. Rev., more correctly, I fell into a trance; the verb meaning to become, rather than the simple to be. On trance, see note on astonishment,...
When I was returned to Jerusalem — From Damascus, and was praying in the temple — Whereby he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer. I was in a trance — Perhaps he...
St. Paul, having thus declared to the Jews his wonderful manner of conversion, proceeds next to acquaint them how desirous he was to have preached to the Jews rather than to the Gentiles, if the will...