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AND AS HE JOURNEYED - On his way, or while he was traveling. The place
where this occurred is not known. Irby and Mangles say it is
“outside the eastern gate.” In the Boat and Caravan it is
described...
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CHAPTER 9
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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...
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PAUL'S CONVERSION. This belongs geographically to the field of the
Hellenist mission, which was announced in Acts 8:4, and occupied that
whole chapter. We heard of that mission at Samaria and Cæ sarea...
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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But Saul, still breathing out threat and murder to the disciples of
the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters of credit
to Damascus, to the synagogues there, so that if he found any...
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AS HE JOURNEYED. Literally in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) the journeying.
HE CAME NEAR. it came to pass that he drew nigh.
SUDDENLY. Greek. _exaiphnes._ Occurs here, Acts 22:6; Mark 13:36; Luke
2:13;...
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_And as he journeyed_ There were two roads by which Saul could make
his journey, one the caravan road which led from Egypt to Damascus,
and kept near the coast line of the Holy Land till it struck eas...
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Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...
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ἘΚ for ἀπὸ with אABCL. _Vulg_. ‘de.’
3. ἘΝ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ι ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ, _and as he journeyed_.
There were two roads by which Saul could make his journey, one the
caravan road which led from Egypt to Damascus,...
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_THE CONVERSION OF SAUL ACTS 9:1-18:_ Saul's early training helped him
to be a very sincere man. However, as important as sincerity is we
must remember that sincerity may be just as real in the heart...
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ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ
(G4198) идти, путешествовать.
Артикулированный _inf._ с _предл._ ΈΝ (G1722)
выражает одновременное действие,
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜ...
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DISCOURSE: 1762
CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
Acts 9:3. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly
there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the
earth, and heard a voice...
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SUDDENLY THERE SHINED ROUND ABOUT HIM A LIGHT, &C.— It was about
noon that Saul with his company came nigh the city of Damascus; when
suddenly there appeared the _Shechinah,_ or the glory of the Lord,...
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ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. Acts 9:3-8 a.
Acts 9:3
And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus:
and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven:
Acts 9:4
and he...
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THE CONVERSION AND EARLY LABORS OF SAUL
Acts 9:1-30; Galatians 1:17-24
For a moment let us pause and look back over the pathway of the
narrative, Luke has given the following events since the beginni...
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3. The storm of passion with which Saul started from Jerusalem would
naturally subside, in some degree, in the course of the five or six
days necessary to perform on foot the journey of one hundred an...
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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven:
AND AS HE JOURNEYED, HE CAME NEAR DAMASCUS. So Acts 22:6. Tradition
points to a bridge nea...
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26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is
also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This
suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...
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9:3 shone (f-19) The word is used for a very brilliant apparition. see
Luke 17:24 , 'lightens;' 24.4, 'shining.' It is the same Greek root as
'lightning.'...
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A LIGHT] according to 1 Corinthians 9:1, Paul saw, within the light,
Jesus Himself, in His risen and glorified body....
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SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN
1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The
way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the
spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...
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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...
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AND AS HE JOURNEYED. — The route by which the persecutor and his
companions travelled was probably that taken by the Roman road, which
extended from Jerusalem to Neapolis (Sychar, or Shechem), thence...
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Acts 9:1
CHAPTER 2
THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR.
Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1
WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's life as we
know it from his own reminiscences, from hints in Hol...
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ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι, ἐγένετο : on the
frequency of the infinitive as here, and of ἐγένετο in St.
Luke, see Friedrich, _Das Lucasevangelium_, p. 13, but whilst St.
Luke, even more than the other Evange...
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WINNING A PERSECUTOR
Acts 9:1-9
A year had passed since Acts 8:3. “The Way” had become the
accepted phrase for the infant Church and its presentation of the
truth, Acts 19:9; Acts 22:4. It may refer...
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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...
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Seeing the Light on the Damascus' Road
Saul not only persecuted the church in Jerusalem, but even went to
foreign cities to carry out his vicious persecution. Bruce presents
some evidence that the Jew...
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SAUL'S CONVERSION
1-15. As the Romans looked upon the Nazarenes as an insignificant
faction of Judaism, in some way to them utterly mysterious, out of
harmony with their own church, they acquiesced in...
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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven: (4) And he fell to the earth, and
heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest...
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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...
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_THE HEAVENLY VISION_
‘And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there
shined round about him a light from heaven.’
Acts 9:3
The story of the conversion of St. Paul is repeated three...
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3._As he was in the way. _In craving epistles of the high priest, he
ran headlong against Christ willingly; and now he is enforced to obey
whether he will or no. This is surely the most excellent merc...
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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...
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AND AS HE JOURNEYED, HE CAME NEAR DAMASCUS,.... Some say it was a mile
from Damascus: though, no mention is made of his obtaining letters
from the high priest, only of his desiring them; yet there is...
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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven:
Ver. 3. _And as he journeyed_] So Petrus Paulus Vergerius, the pope's
nuncio, _dum confutati...
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_And as he journeyed_ Full of wrath against the Lord's disciples; and
_came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light
from heaven_ This, doubtless, was occasioned by the rays of...
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AND AS HE JOURNEYED, HE CAME NEAR TO DAMASCUS; AND SUDDENLY THERE
SHINED ROUND ABOUT HIM A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN;...
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The miraculous vision:...
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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,...
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AS HE JOURNEYED HE CAME NEAR DAMASCUS, AND SUDDENLY A LIGHT SHONE
AROUND HIM FROM HEAVEN.
1. Already having traveled most of the way, he was nearing his target
city, Damascus.
2. Like a bolt of ligh...
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"And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew nigh unto Damascus:
and suddenly there shone round about him. light out of heaven"And as
he journeyed" The distance from Jerusalem to Damascus was ab...
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1-9 So ill informed was Saul, that he thought he ought to do all he
could against the name of Christ, and that he did God service thereby;
he seemed to breathe in this as in his element. Let us not d...
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He was near to Damascus before this wonderful vision, that, being
struck blind, he might be the sooner led thither; as also, that the
miracle might be more easily and publicly known, Damascus being th...
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3. The storm of passion with which Saul started from Jerusalem would
naturally subside, in some degree, in the course of the five or six
days necessary to perform on foot the journey of one hundred an...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
Indeed, when I hear that this man was chosen by the Lord after He had
attained His rest in heaven, I feel that a kind of improvidence is
imputable to Christ, for not...
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Acts 9:3 G1161 he G846 journeyed G4198 (G5738) G1722 came G1096
(G5633) near G1448 (G5721
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‘And as he journeyed, it came about that he drew near to Damascus,
and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven, and he
fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Sau...
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SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....
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Acts 9:3. AND AS HE JOURNEYED, HE CAME NEAR DAMASCUS. The first view
of this city, when the dim outline of her gardens becomes visible, is
universally famous. The prospect has been always the same. Th...
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_The Conversion of the Pharisee Leader Saul,_ 3-9.
After the Passion of the Lord, the conversion of St. Paul is the event
to which attention is most frequently called in the sacred writings.
Many time...
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AS HE JOURNEYED
(εν τω πορευεσθα). Luke's common idiom for a temporal
clause (in the journeying), εν with the locative articular middle
infinitive.DREW NIGH
(εγγιζειν). Present active infinitive,...
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Acts 9:1
The Conversion of St. Paul.
That blessed war of aggression which Jesus Christ wages upon the evil
one is a war which is made to maintain itself. Christ's soldiers are
His captured enemies. E...
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Acts 9:1
Early History and Conversion of Paul.
Viewed as a public event in the history of the Christian Church, the
conversion of Paul furnishes new and independent testimony to the
Divine origin of...
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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...
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L, 2. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings, and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of
him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found...
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Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and
desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...
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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...
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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...
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ON HIS WAY. Six or seven days were needed to go that far. SUDDENLY A
LIGHT FROM THE SKY. Much brighter than the sun (Acts 26:13). The same
as that seen at the Transfiguration, and by John on Patmos. P...
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_And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heave._
THE HEAVENLY LIGHT
As the supernatural reflects the moral in all the miracles of the
Bible, so in the conversion of St. Paul. We have...
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_And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples._
SAUL, A PERSECUTOR
Saul was an educated young man, and that he should engage in the work
of persecution strikes us as a...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:3 DAMASCUS was 135 miles (217 km) northeast of
Jerusalem, a six-day journey by foot. Damascus was an oasis on the
border of the Arabian desert and on the main route from Mesopotami...
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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...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 9:1. AND should be _but_ directing attention once more to Saul.
BREATHING OUT.—_Breathing in_ better renders the verb
ἐμπνέων, threatening and slaughter describing the atmosphe...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:8; 1 Timothy 6:16; Acts 22:6; Acts 26:12; Acts 26:13
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There shined round about [π ε ρ ι η σ τ ρ α ψ ε ν]. Only
here and ch. 22 6. Flashed. See on Luke 11:36; Luke 24:4.
A light. Compare ch. Acts 22:6; Acts 26:13....
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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...
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THE CONVERSION OF SAUL OF TARSUS
Acts 9:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have read, how, years ago, an outstanding infidel felt that if the
Resurrection of Christ, and the Conversion of Saul could be
demonst...
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And suddenly — When God suddenly and vehemently attacks a sinner, it
is the highest act of mercy. So Saul, when his rage was come to the
height, is taught not to breathe slaughter. And what was wantin...
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Saul was now onward of his journey to Damascus (the worst journey that
ever he intended, but the best that ever he undertook,). journey most
maliciously purposed by him, but most mercifully disposed b...