Acts 22:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ”

Acts 22:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I persecuted - Acts 8:3 . This way - Those who were of this mode of worshipping God; that is, Christians. See the notes on Acts 9:2 . Unto the death - Intending to put them to death...
Acts 22:4 - 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 22:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

this . Emph. way . See Acts 9:2 . unto . as far as. the . Omit. binding . Greek. desmeuo . Only here and Matthew 23:4 . delivering . Same as "commit" in Acts 8:3 . women . Compare A...
Acts 22:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 4. I persecuted this way. This is the second point, that he was an enemy to Christ’s doctrine, and that he was more fervent in resisting the same than all the rest, until he was pulled bac...
Acts 22:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. I persecuted this way - Ταυτην την ὁδον; This doctrine, the way of worshipping God, and arriving at...
Acts 22:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I persecuted this way unto the death,— We know that he was concerned in the death of Stephen: ch. Acts 8:1 and if he was not so in that of many more, it was not for want of zeal and rage, but...
Acts 22:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. And I persecuted this ('the') way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons ...
Acts 22:4 - 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 22:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And I persecuted this way. — The speaker obviously uses the current colloquial term (see Notes on Acts 9:2 ; Acts 19:23 ), used by the disciples as indicating that they had found in Christ the wa...
Acts 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I persecuted this way unto the death ,.... That is, the Christian religion, and the professors of it; whom the apostle breathed out threatenings and slaughter against, haled out of their houses,...
Acts 22:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. Ver. 4. See Trapp on " Act 9:1 "
Acts 22:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am verily a Jew , &c. This defence answers all that is objected, Acts 21:28 . But he speaks closely and nervously, in a few words, because the time was short; born in Tarsus, yet brought up...
Acts 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This way; the doctrine and practice of Christianity. Unto the death; as much as in him lies, being one of the most furious persecutors, that hunted for the precious life, breathing out threateni...
Acts 22:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you a...
Acts 22:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:1 . Men, brethren and fathers. —Or, brethren and fathers, the use of “men” in English being unnecessary. Compare the commencement of Stephen’s address to the Sanhedrim...
Acts 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - 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 22:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Speech to the Jews. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1-21 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:
Acts 22:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:13-15 ; Acts 16:17 ; Acts 18:26 ; Acts 19:23 ; Acts 19:9 ; Acts 24:14 ; Acts 22:19 ; Acts 22:20 ; Acts 26:9-11 ; Acts 7:58 ; Acts 8:1-4 ; Acts 9:1 ; Act...
Acts 22:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And persecuted this way — With the same zeal that you do now. Binding both men and women — How much better was his condition, now he was bound himself.

Acts 22:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 22:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes