Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 9:23
(4) And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
(4) Paul, who was before a persecutor, now has persecution planned against himself, though it will not happen for a long time.
(4) And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
(4) Paul, who was before a persecutor, now has persecution planned against himself, though it will not happen for a long time.
Verse Acts 9:23. _AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED_] What follows relates to transactions which took place about _three years_ after his conversion, when he had come a second time to Damascus,...
AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS ... - How long a time elapsed before this is not recorded in this place, but it is evident that the writer means to signify that a considerable time intervened. There is, ther...
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...
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...
After some time the Jews formed a plot to murder him; but Saul was informed of their plot. Night and day they kept continuous watch on the gates to murder him. But the disciples took him by night and,...
SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
AFTER THAT. when. MANY DAYS. the three years of Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:18. Compare 1 Kings 2:38; 1 Kings 2:39, where many days a
A Plot against Saul's Life. His Flight from Damascus 23. _And after that_[when] _many days were fulfilled_ As the visit to Jerusalem mentioned in Acts 9:26 seems to follow closely upon the events narr...
A PLOT AGAINST SAUL’S LIFE. HIS FLIGHT FROM DAMASCUS...
ἩΜΈΡΑΙ ἹΚΑΝΑΊ, _many days_. As the visit to Jerusalem mentioned in Acts 9:26 seems to follow closely upon the events narrated in Acts 9:25, and as that visit was not made till after the retirement int...
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...
ΈΠΛΗΡΟΫ́ΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΠΛΗΡΌΩ (G4137) исполнять. _Impf._ с указанием на время ("по мере того, как шло время") означает, что иудеи чувствовали: ситуация изо дня в день становиться все более...
AND AFTER—MANY DAYS— After an interval of about _three years;_ during which period Saul went into Arabia, and preached the gospel there. See Galatians 1:17. Though St. Luke has not given us a particul...
IN ARABIA. ACTS 9:23 A. Galatians 1:17 a. Acts 9:23 And when many days were fulfilled, ACTS 9:23 A There is but a sentence to tell us of th
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...
23-25. Saul now begins to see enacted in Damascus scenes similar to those in which he had played a part in Jerusalem; but his own position is reversed. He begins to experience, in his turn, the ill-tr...
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. The expression is studiously indefinite [ epleerounto (G4137) heemerai (G2250) h...
10 God graciously gives a double witness to His dealing with Saul. Ananias is quite his opposite, being a devout disciple. Saul would have found it almost impossible to join the disciples as he did wi...
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...
AFTER MANY DAYS] according to Galatians 1:18, after' three years.' THE JEWS] These must have persuaded the governor of king Aretas to persecute Paul: see 2 Corinthians 11:32....
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...
AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. — We learn from the more definite statement in Galatians 1:18 that these few words cover a period of otherwise unrecorded work, extending over a period of three ye...
ἡμέρας ἱκανάς : whether the period thus described was meant to cover the definite period in Galatians 1:16, _i.e._, as including St. Paul's visit to Arabia, it is difficult to decide. Lightfoot holds...
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 Persecutor Becomes a Preacher Once he was baptized and had broken his fast by partaking of some food, Saul began to be with the disciples. Saul immediately began preaching in Damascus, then went t...
When many days were passed. By the account St. Paul gives of himself, (Galatians chap. i.) soon after his conversion he went into Arabia, and about three years after he might come to Damascus. Then it...
Hence the Jews can stand him no longer. The Greek reveals that they passed a vote, assuming the form of a decree, to kill him. They secure the co-operation of Areta, the governor, who keeps the gates...
PAUL'S SANCTIFICATION 20-25. (Galatians 1:15-22 and Romans 7.) Saul had long been a preacher of no ordinary ability. Hence he was a fluent orator when thus powerfully converted under the impetus of a...
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...
23._When many days were fulfilled. _He saith that many days were expired, that we may know that Paul had some space of time granted him wherein he might do good. For although the Jews did resist him e...
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...
AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED,.... This phrase is used by the Septuagint on Exodus 2:11 for a considerable length of time, for many years. The Jewish writers observe t, that the phrase, "man...
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: Ver. 23. _And after many days_] _a_ _sc._ After three years. So long he had to settle, ere God called him forth to suffer....
Acts 9:23. _And after many days were fulfilled_ In which several events took place, which are elsewhere hinted at; and particularly after he had made an excursion into Arabia, as is mentioned Galatian...
MANY DAYS; a part of this time he spent in Arabia, a country south and east of Judea. Galatians 1:15-18. Wicked men are often disposed to use violence against those who differ from them in religion. T...
Saul in danger of his life:...
AND AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED, THE JEWS TOOK COUNSEL TO KILL HIM;...
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,...
NOW AFTER MANY DAYS WERE PAST, THE JEWS PLOTTED TO KILL HIM. 1. Now the table is turned. Now the the Jews were ready to kill Saul. A few weeks ago Saul was their hero. Now he was the villain. 2. The...
"And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him"When many days were fulfilled" "A considerable number of days were being fulfilled" (Rhm). This expression can also refer...
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...
MANY DAYS; God would not presently expose him to conflicts, but inure him to suffer by degrees; as also it pleased God to spare him so long nigh unto that place where he had wrought so great a miracle...
23-25. Saul now begins to see enacted in Damascus scenes similar to those in which he had played a part in Jerusalem; but his own position is reversed. He begins to experience, in his turn, the ill-tr...
Acts 9:23 Now G1161 after G5613 many G2425 days G2250 past G4137 (G5712) Jews G2453 plotted G4823 ...
SAUL'S MINISTRY IN DAMASCUS (9:20-25). With his usual enthusiasm Saul could not wait to get to grips with those who had once been his supporters, and it was not long before he was in the synagogues pr...
‘And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night in order that they might kill him, bu...
Acts 9:23. AFTER THAT MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED. Some three years probably had now elapsed since the day when Ananias had restored sight to the blinded Pharisee leader; the Damascus preaching and the A...
WHEN MANY DAYS WERE FULFILLED (Hως επληρουντο ημερα ικανα). Imperfect passive indicative of πληροω, old and common verb, were in process of being fulfilled. How "many" (considerable, ικανα, common w...
Acts 9:19 Damascus Arabia Jerusalem. We see from this chapter: I. The minute care which God has over His people. He gives to Ananias the street and the house in the great city of Damascus where Paul...
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...
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...
AFTER MANY DAYS HAD GONE BY. Probably three years time, during which he was away in Arabia (Galatians 1:16-18). It was when he had come back to Damascus that this persecution broke out. AND MADE PLANS...
_And Ananias,…putting his hands on him said, brother Saul._ SAUL CONVERTED I. The ministry which helps to complete the great change. If the appearance of the Lord to the persecutor was miraculous, t...
_And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him … Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket._ PAUL’S DELIVERANCE BY THE BASKET I. God wage...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:23 THE JEWS. Luke often uses the phrase “the Jews” to refer to Jewish people who opposed the gospel (see esv footnote on v. Acts 9:23
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...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 9:20. AND STRAIGHTWAY HE PREACHED CHRIST.—Not after his return from Arabia (Plumptre), but after his conversion and during or at the end of the certain days. Paul’s preaching...
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 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 11:26; Acts 13:50;...
To kill. See on Luke 23:32....
SAUL SAVED TO SERVE Acts 9:18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Following his baptism Saul received meat for his famished body, and was strengthened. Then Saul entered into a new comradeship with believers; a comr...
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...