Acts 22:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. ”

Acts 22:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes on Acts 9:3-7 . Acts 22:6 As I made my journey - As I was on my journey. About noon - Acts 26:13 , “at mid-day.” This circumstance is omitted by Luke in his account in...
Acts 22:8 - 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 22:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

answered . Greek. apokrinomai . App-122. Lord . App-98. Jesus . App-98. of Nazareth . the Nazarene. See Acts 2:22 . The Lord Himself uses the despised name.
Acts 22:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acts 22:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth ('Jesus t...
Acts 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I answered, who art thou, Lord ?.... Acts 9:5 .
Acts 22:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. Ver. 8. I am Jesus of Nazareth ] Why saith our Saviour, Jesus of Nazareth? Doth any good co...
Acts 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am Jesus of Nazareth; that contemned (though not contemptible) name is owned by Christ from heaven, that they might not be ashamed when they were reproached by it on earth. Of the rest, See Pool...
Acts 22:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting'.” But he had not been able to see how what he was doing was persecuting God, so he had ask...
Acts 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - 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 22:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The vision on the way:
Acts 22:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Corinthians 12:26 ; 1 Corinthians 12:27 ; 1 Samuel 8:7 ; Acts 26:14 ; Acts 26:15 ; Acts 3:6 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 6:14 ; Exodus 16:7 ; Exodus 16:8 ; Matthew 10:40-42...

Acts 22:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 22:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 22:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 22:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 22:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 22:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 22:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 22:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 22:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 22:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 22:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 22:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 22:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 22:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 22:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge