Verse 6. - 13. As I made my journey, c.] See the whole of this account, and all the particular circumstances, considered at large in Clarke's notes on "Acts 9:1", c., and the observations at the conclusion of that chapter. See Clarke on Ac 9:43
See the notes on Acts 9:3. Acts 22:6 AS I MADE MY JOURNEY - As I was on my journey. ABOUT NOON - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circu
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...
"Men, brethren and fathers, listen to the defence which I now make to you." When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they gave him still more quietness. So he said, "I am a...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
WAS COME NIGH. drew near. UNTO. to. NOON. Greek. _mesembria_. Only here and Acts 8:26 (south). SUDDENLY. Greek. _exaiphnes_. See note on Acts 9:3. SHONE... ROUND. Greek. _periastrapto_. See note on...
_about noon_ The time of the day at which the vision occurred is not noticed in chap. 9, but in chap. 26 the Apostle also mentions that it was "at mid-day," at which time the heavenly brightness must...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
ΠΕΡῚ ΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΊΑΝ, _about noon_. The time of the day at which the vision occurred is not noticed in chap. 9, but in chap. 26 the Apostle also mentions that it was ‘at mid-day,’ at which time the heavenl...
_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...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быть, случаться. О семитском обороте _см._ Luke 8:1; NSV, 57. ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Acts 22:5; "пока я шел...
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 it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. 7. And it came to pass ......
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...
22:6 pass, (a-5) Lit. 'it came to pass to me.' so ver. 17....
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...
ABOUT NOON. — The special note of the hour is not given in Acts 9:3, and may fairly be taken as characteristic of a personal recollection of the circumstances of the great event....
περὶ μεσημ., _cf._ Acts 26:12, not mentioned in 9, note of a personal recollection. ἐξαίφνης : only here in Acts and in Acts 9:3, see note; twice in Luke's Gospel, only once elsewhere in N.T.; see fur...
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...
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...
− 6._And it happened. _Because this history was expounded more at large in the ninth chapter, I will only briefly touch those things which were there spoken. But this is peculiar to this present place...
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 AS I MADE MY JOURNEY,.... And had almost made an end of it: AND WAS COME NIGH UNTO DAMASCUS; about a mile from it, as some say, ABOUT NOON; this circumstance is omitted in...
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Act 9:3 _"_...
_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...
The conversion of Paul. Chap Acts 9:3-18....
The vision on the way:...
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS I MADE MY JOURNEY, AND WAS COME NIGH UNTO DAMASCUS ABOUT NOON, SUDDENLY THERE SHONE FROM HEAVEN A GREAT LIGHT ROUND ABOUT ME....
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, AS I JOURNEYED AND CAME NEAR DAMASCUS AT ABOUT NOON, SUDDENLY A GREAT LIGHT FROM HEAVEN SHONE AROUND ME. 1. Paul now begins to talk about his conversion. What caused Paul to change...
"And it came to pass that as. was on my way" That is, on his way to persecute and arrest Christians in Damascus. As Paul was filled with rage and zeal for the law. just as they were at the moment. Thi...
1-11 The apostle addressed the enraged multitude, in the customary style of respect and good-will. Paul relates the history of his early life very particularly; he notices that his conversion was who...
As lightning it suddenly encompassed him. But see ACTS 9:3, and read on; where this history is set down by St. Luke. And here little more can be taken notice of, than some small variety in the express...
Acts 22:6 Now G1161 happened G1096 (G5633) I G3427 journeyed G4198 (G5740) and G2532 near G1448 ...
“And it came about that, as I made my journey, and drew near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.” He described how, as he was making the journey to...
Acts 22:6. AND IT CAME TO PASS. [On the various incidents in the narrative of the miraculous conversion of Paul, see notes on chap. Acts 9:3-19. Any additional facts mentioned in this narration of the...
AND IT CAME TO PASS (εγενετο δε). Rather than the common κα εγενετο and with the infinitive (περιαστραψα), one of the three constructions with κα (δε) εγενετο by Luke (Robertson, _Grammar_, pp. 104...
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...
AND COMING NEAR DAMASCUS. See notes on Acts 9:3-9. The bright light flashed at the time the sun was the brightest, and was much brighter than the sun (Acts 26:13). SAUL, SAUL. The voice spoke in Hebre...
_And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus._ THE CONVERSION OF SAUL I. Saul’s misdirected energy. The immense energy of the man is apparent to us at once. 1. Ener...
_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...
_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...
2 Samuel 8:6; Acts 26:12; Acts 26:13; Acts 9:3; Genesis 14:15;...
About noon. Not mentioned in ch. 9....
About noon — All was done in the face of the sun. A great light shone — By whatever method God reveals himself to us, we shall have everlasting cause to recollect it with pleasure. Especially when he...
Our apostle having related what he was before his conversion in the foregoing verses, in these and the following verses he declares the manner of his conversion, namely, That when he was travelling to...