Verse Acts 22:16. Arise, and be baptized] Take now the profession of Christ's faith most solemnly upon thee, by being baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Wash away thy sins, c.] Let this washing of thy body represent to thee the washing away of thy sins: and know that this washing away of sin can be received only by invoking the name of the Lord.
AND NOW WHY TARRIEST THOU? - Why dost thou delay, or wait any longer? These words are not recorded by Luke in Acts 9, where he has given an account of the conversion of Paul; but there is nothing here...
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...
"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...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
BAPTIZED. App-115. The verb is in Mid. Voice. WASH AWAY. Greek. _apolouo._ App-136 and App-185. SINS. Greek. _hamartia._ App-128. CALLING ON. See note on Acts 2:21. THE NAME. See note on Acts 2:38...
_why tarriest thou?_ According to the narrative in Acts 9:15 the message of Ananias had already proclaimed the gift of the Holy Ghost to Saul, and the favour of God had been shewn in the recovery of h...
ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ for τοῦ κυρίου with אABE. _Vulg_. ‘ipsius.’ 16. ΚΑῚ ΝΥ͂Ν ΤΊ ΜΈΛΛΕΙΣ; _and now why tarriest thou?_ According to the narrative in Acts 9:15, the message of Ananias had already proclaimed the gif...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_PAUL'S CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY ACTS 22:6-16:_ As Paul drew near to Damascus there was a bright light from heaven that flashed around him. This light caused him to fall to the ground. He heard a vo...
ΜΈΛΛΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G3195) собираться; указывает на продуманное действие: "намереваться" "предлагать" "планировать" (BAGD), ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 22:10. _Сопутств. part...
DISCOURSE: 1806 CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Acts 22:16. _And now, why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord_. THE conversion of St. Paul, taken in...
BE BAPTIZED,— _Baptism,_ in respect to adults, except in the very peculiar instance of our Lord, was a token of confession and humiliation for sin; and of a desire to be cleansed from it, as the body...
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...
See notes on verse 3...
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. AND NOW WHY TARRIEST THOU? ARISE AND BE BAPTIZED AND WASH AWAY THY SINS AND NOW WHY TARRIES...
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...
22:16 baptised, (c-9) See Note, 1 Corinthians 10:2 ....
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...
ARISE, AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY THY SINS. — Here, again, we have words which are not in the narrative of Acts 9. They show that for the Apostle that baptism was no formal or ceremonial act, but...
καὶ νῦν : so by St. Paul in Acts 20:22; Acts 20:25; Acts 26:6; Acts 16:37; Acts 13:11; als
HOW HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED Acts 22:1 What a sermon Paul preached! His pulpit, the steps that ascended from the Temple level to the Castle of Antonia. His audience, the frenzied crowds who filled the co...
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...
Wash, &c. The contrition and charity of St. Paul had, no doubt, merited for him the remission of his sins at the moment of his conversion. Still were these effects to be attributed to the desire of th...
Paul now proceeds to vindicate himself by relating his experience, giving his Cilician nativity and his education in Jerusalem at the feet of Gamaliel, the champion theologian, his identity with the p...
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...
− 16._And now, why tarriest thou? _It is not to be doubted but that Ananias did faithfully instruct Paul in the principles of godliness; for he would not have baptized him if he had been void of true...
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 NOW WHY TARRIEST THOU?.... Though it might not be the apostle's case, yet it is often the case of many, to procrastinate and delay obedience to the commands of Christ, and particularly to the ordi...
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Ver. 16. _Wash away thy sins_] By being inwardly baptized in the blood of Christ, by his me...
_And as I made my journey, &c., about noon_ For all was done in the face of the sun; _suddenly there shone a great light_ By whatever method God reveals himself to us, we shall have everlasting cause...
WASH AWAY THY SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD; be cleansed by the Holy Spirit, through faith in Christ and obedience to his commands....
AND NOW, WHY TARRIEST THOU? ARISE, AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY THY SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. Paul here from his personal experience, from the events which had been impressed upon his m...
Paul and Ananias:...
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...
AND NOW WHY ARE YOU WAITING? ARISE AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY YOUR SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. ' 1. Why wait? Once one knows what they must do to obey God, there is no reason for delay...
"And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name" God considers it delaying to put off becoming. Christian three days after you have heard the truth. T...
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...
WASH AWAY THY SINS; as washing causeth the spots to disappear, and to be as if they had not been, ISAIAH 1:18; so does pardoning mercy, or remission of sins, which accompanieth baptism, as in the due...
Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian said: Since sins are not remitted[76]...
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“And now why do you linger? Arise, and be baptised, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.” He had then been told that he must not delay in being baptised in the name of ‘the Lord Jesus' (Jesus...
Acts 22:16. AND BE BAPTIZED. The verb in the original Greek is of the _middle,_ not of the passive voice, as the English translation would seem to imply. The more accurate rendering is, ‘have thyself...
BY BAPTIZED (βαπτισα). First aorist middle (causative), not passive, Get thyself baptized (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 808). Cf. 1 Corinthians 10:2. Submit yourself to baptism. So as to απολουσα, Get w...
SINS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith),_ Men...
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...
A MAN NAMED ANANIAS. He was a Christian (Acts 9:10), but kept the Law strictly. BROTHER SAUL, SEE AGAIN! See Acts 9:17-18 and notes. THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS. Compare Acts 7:32;...
_And one Ananias … said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee._ THE DIVINE ORDINATION OF HUMAN LIFE The verb here translated, “chosen,” only occurs in this form in one other place (Acts 26:16), w...
_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 22:16 BE BAPTIZED AND WASH AWAY YOUR SINS. Baptism is an outward symbol of the cleansing from sin that occurs when someone trusts in Jesus (see 1 Peter 3:21).
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:6 begins the second part of the defence (Acts 22:6). WAS COME NIGH should be _was drawing near._ The narration is the same as in Acts 9:3 and...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 3:21;...
Wash away [α π ο λ ο υ σ α ι]. See on ch. Acts 16:33....
Be baptized, and wash away thy sins — Baptism administered to real penitents, is both a means and seal of pardon. Nor did God ordinarily in the primitive Church bestow this on any, unless through this...