Acts 22:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. ”

Acts 22:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shouldest know his will - His will in the plan of salvation, and in regard to your future life. And see that Just One - The Messiah. See the notes on Acts 3:14 . As Paul was to be an apostle...
Acts 22:14 - 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 22:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

chosen . destined. Greek. procheirizomai. Only here and Acts 26:16 . Not the same as in Acts 1:2 , &c. that thou shouldest know . to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132. will . Greek. thele...
Acts 22:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 14. The God of our fathers. As nothing is more fit to provoke us joyfully to go forward toward God, than when we know that God doth prevent us with his free goodness, that he may call us b...
Acts 22:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. And see that Just One - The Lord Jesus, call...
Acts 22:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And see that Just One,— Some commentators refer this to a future vision of Christ, and a future commission to be received from him; but it clearly appears from St. Paul's own narration, that he had...
Acts 22:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. And he said, The God of our fathers hath...
Acts 22:14 - 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 22:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The God of our fathers... — The report of what was said by Ananias is somewhat fuller than in Acts 9:17 , and gives in outline what had been spoken to him by the Lord. It is obviously implied in...
Acts 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee ,.... From all eternity, in his everlasting purposes and decrees; or "he hath taken thee into his hand"; in order to form, and fit, and qualify h...
Acts 22:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good rep...
Acts 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; The God of our fathers; nothing could please the people better than to hear God so styled; for this they gloried in, above all things, that they and theirs had God to their Father, 1 The...
Acts 22:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.' ” And Ananias, this pious and respected godly Jew, had to...
Acts 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - 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 22:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and Ananias:
Acts 22:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:17 ; 1 Chronicles 29:18 ; 1 Corinthians 11:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:3 ; 1 Corinthians 15:8 ; 1 Corinthians 9:1 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 1 Peter 2:22 ; 2 Chronicles 28:25 ; 2 Chronicles 3...

Acts 22:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge