Acts 22:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And saw him saying unto me,Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. ”

Acts 22:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And saw him - Evidently, the Lord Jesus, Acts 22:14 . He had received his commission from him, and he now received a distinct command to go to the Gentiles. For they will not receive - The i...
Acts 22:18 - 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 22:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saying . Before "saying" supply ellipsis, "and heard Him". quickly . with (Greek. en. App-104.) speed. out of . Greek. ek . App-104. receive . Greek. paradechomai. See note on Acts 16:21...
Acts 22:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 18. Because they will not. Though the commandment of God alone ought to be sufficient enough to bind us to obey, yet to the end Paul might be the more willing to follow, Christ showeth him...
Acts 22:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Acts 22:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And saw him— That is, the Lord Jesus. Some suppose, that this memorable event happened in the second journey that St. Paul made to Jerusalem. See ch. Acts 11:30 . But the expression rather seems t...
Acts 22:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickl...
Acts 22:18 - 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 22:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(18) Get thee quickly out of Jerusalem. — It is obvious that this fits in better with the first hurried visit after St. Paul’s conversion than with the second, when he came with Barnabas with alms f...
Acts 22:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Saved for Further Service Acts 22:17-30 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1-43 , the Apostle here adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple, when he qu...
Acts 22:18 - 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 22:18 - 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 22:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I saw him saying unto me ,.... That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, that just One, whom he had seen in his way to Damascus, and whose voice he had heard, and whose name he had called upon at his bapt...
Acts 22:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. Ver. 18. They will not receive ] And I have ordained thee for...
Acts 22:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I was come again to Jerusalem From Damascus; and prayed in the temple By this he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer; I was in a trance Or ecstasy. P...
Acts 22:18 - 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 22:18 - 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 22:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; this St. Paul takes notice of, that it might appear unto the Jews that he did not out of choice, or because he bare a grudge against them, decline them, and preac...
Acts 22:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And it came about, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem, becaus...
Acts 22:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:17 . Begins the third portion of the defence. When I was come again to Jerusalem .—This visit to the Metropolis, which occurred at least three years after his conversion...
Acts 22:18 - 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 22:18 - 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 22:18 - 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 22:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's direct command to Paul:
Acts 22:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 3:19 ; Acts 22:14 ; Ezekiel 3:6 ; Ezekiel 3:7 ; Luke 21:21 ; Matthew 10:14 ; Matthew 10:23
Acts 22:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And I saw him — Jesus, saying to me, Depart quickly out of Jerusalem — Because of the snares laid for thee: and in order to preach where they will hear.

Acts 22:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes