“ And he said unto me,Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. ”
And he said unto me, Depart - Because the Christians at Jerusalem would not receive him. Far hence - Paul traveled far in the pagan nations. A large part of his ministry was spent in remote c...
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...
send . Greek. exapostello. App-174. Gentiles . nations. Greek. ethnos.
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles - This was the particular appointment of St. Paul: he was the apostle of th...
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence [ makran ( G3112 )] - 'far away' Unto the Gentles....
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...
I will send thee... — It may be noted, in connection with the question discussed in the Note on Acts 22:17 , that the words convey the promise of a mission rather than the actual mission itself. T...
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...
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...
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...
And he said unto me, depart ,.... At once from Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles ; to the nations afar off, even as far as Illyricum, Pannon...
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Ver. 21. And he said unto me, Depart ] Which good Paul was full loth to do; having (with the vinedresser in the Gosp...
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...
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...
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...
God repeats his command, and by that answers all Paul's reasonings; whatsoever the event be, whether the Gentiles will hear, or whether they will forbear, he must go unto them. When the will of God i...
“And he said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you forth far hence to the Gentiles.' ” He has been trying to impress on them that as a thorough Jew, he had only acted at the command of the God of the...
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 22:1 . 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....
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...
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...
The Lord's direct command to Paul:
1 Timothy 2:7 ; 2 Timothy 1:11 ; Acts 13:2 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 13:47 ; Acts 18:6 ; Acts 26:17 ; Acts 26:18 ; Acts 9:15 ; Ephesians 3:6-8 ; Galatians 1:15 ; Galatians 1:16 ; Galatians 2:7...