Acts 13:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, ”

• Acts 13:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  } Then Saul, (who is also called Paul) - This is the last time that this apostle is called “Saul.” Henceforward, he is designated by the title by which he is usually known, as “Paul.” When, or why...

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• Acts 13:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Successes in Cyprus. Acts 13:4 . went down: the usual phrase in connexion with a seaport. Seleucia is the port of Antioch, about sixteen miles from it. Acts 13:5 . Salamis is the eastern po...

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• Acts 13:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  also, &c . = is called Paul also. As. Roman citizen he would have. Roman name, as well as his Jewish one. Paul . Always so called from this time, except when he refers to his conversion, Acts...

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• Acts 13:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  9. And Saul, who was also called Paul. Luke showeth now how God brake the bond wherein the deputy was bound. For seeing that he was too much addicted to the magician, he could not embrace tr...

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• Acts 13:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1775 ELYMAS THE SORCERER STRUCK BLIND Acts 13:9-11 . Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty and all mi...

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• Acts 13:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, Saul, who also is - Paul - This is the first time the name Paul occurs, and the last time in which this apostl...

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• Acts 13:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Saul, ( who also is called Paul, )— The reasons which have been assigned for Saul's taking the name of Paul, are various and many. Some think that he had the name of Paul given him from convert...

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• Acts 13:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, Then Saul, (who also is [called] Paul) - and henceforward Paul only. The practice of giving second names...

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• Acts 13:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  St. Paul as a Missionary 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27 . Simeon that was called Niger ] Niger was a Roman cognomen. Lucius of Cyrene ] doubtless one of those Cyrenians who first preached at An...

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• Acts 13:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul). — It is impossible not to connect the mention, and probably the assumption, of the new name with the conversion of the proconsul. It presented many advantages....

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• Acts 13:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Beginning a Missionary Campaign Acts 13:1-12 This is one of the greatest Chapter s in the New Testament, making a new departure in the ministry of the gospel, which henceforth begins to pass ou...

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• Acts 13:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent Saul and Barnabas, and it is declared immediately...

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• Acts 13:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. (6) And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they fou...

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• Acts 13:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then Saul (who also is called Paul) ,.... He was called by both these names; as he was a Jew by birth, his parents called him Saul, that was his Jewish name, and by which he went among the Jews; and...

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• Acts 13:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, Ver. 9. Who also is called Paul ] Here Saul is first called Paul, for memory (it is probable) of the first...

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• Acts 13:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then Saul, who also is called Paul Moved by an immediate inspiration of the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him Looked steadfastly on that impostor, and said, with just indignation, O full of all su...

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• Acts 13:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who is the most greatly used of God is, in his own est...

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• Acts 13:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Elymas Struck with Blindness.       4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to...

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• Acts 13:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is observable, that St. Luke never before called this great apostle by the name of Paul, and henceforth never calls him by the name of Saul. Though there be no great difference in these names, Sa...

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• Acts 13:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Expansion Of The Word In Cyprus and Asia Minor, With Satan's Counterattack Being Defeated at an Assembly In Jerusalem, Which is Then Followed By Further Ministry (13:1-18:22). Jerusalem having...

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• Acts 13:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 13:4 . Seleucia .—“Civitas potens, sæpta muris neque in barbarum corrupta sed conditoris Seleucia retinens” (Tac, An. , vi. 42). The port of Antioch, three miles west of t...

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• Acts 13:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 13:9 The assumption of the name of Paul instead of the name of Saul stood in some relation to his missionary work, and was intended in some sense as a memorial of his first victory in the pre...

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• Acts 13:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 13:1 . The church that was at Antioch, which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the synagogue having degenerated into a state of warfare...

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• Acts 13:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate unto Me Barnabas and Saul. The completion of the apostolate This act was no conferring of the apostleship by the prophe...

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• Acts 13:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 13:1 At Antioch., in the Church that was there for in the Church that was at Antioch, A.V.; prophets, etc., for certain prophets, etc., A.V. and T.R.; Barnabas, et...

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• Acts 13:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The opposition of Elymas:

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• Acts 13:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:4 ; Acts 4:31 ; Acts 4:8 ; Acts 7:55 ; Acts 13:7 ; Luke 20:17 ; Micah 3:8 ; Mark 3:5

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• Acts 13:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Elymas, Paulus, and Paul Acts 13:7-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Barnabas and Saul and John Mark made up the party that journeyed together, as the Holy Ghost led them in the way. It was a strong party...

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• Acts 13:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Then Saul, who was also called Paul — It is not improbable, that coming now among the Romans, they would naturally adapt his name to their own language, and so called him Paul instead of Saul. Perh...

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