Acts 22:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, ”

Acts 22:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes on Acts 9:17-18 .
Acts 22:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 year...
Acts 22:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

one . a certain. Greek. tis . App-123. devout . Greek. eusebes. See note on Acts 10:2 , but the texts read eulabes , as in Acts 2:5 . having. good report . borne witness to. Greek. mature...
Acts 22:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 12. One Ananias. Paul proceedeth now unto the fourth point, to wit, that he did not only give his name to Christ, being astonished with miracles, but that he was also well and thoroughly i...
Acts 22:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there ,
Acts 22:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jew...
Acts 22:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Acts 22:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A devout man according to the law. — In Acts 9:10 , Ananias is simply described as “a disciple.” The special description here was obviously given with a view to conciliate those who were listening...
Acts 22:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

How His Life Was Changed Acts 22:1-16 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 fill...
Acts 22:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Acts 22:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 22:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and Vulgate Latin version, read only, "a man according to the law"; one whose walk, life, and conversation, were agreea...
Acts 22:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
Acts 22:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 22:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the...
Acts 22:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to the law; this is added to distinguish him from a proselyte, and to let them know that he had received the gospel, not from a convert out of Gentilism, (who though they admitted, yet th...
Acts 22:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight. And in that very h...
Acts 22:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:6 begins the second part of the defence ( Acts 22:6-16 ). Was come nigh should be was drawing near. The narration is the same as in Acts 9:3-17 and Acts 26:13-18...
Acts 22:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:1-2 . 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),...
Acts 22:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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....
Acts 22:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 t...
Acts 22:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 class...
Acts 22:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Acts 22:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:7 ; 2 Corinthians 6:8 ; 3 John 1:12 ; Acts 10:22 ; Acts 17:4 ; Acts 6:3 ; Acts 8:2 ; Acts 9:10-18 ; Hebrews 11:2 ; Luke 2:25
Acts 22:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A devout man according to the law — A truly religious person, and though a believer in Christ, yet a strict observer of the law of Moses.

Acts 22:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes