Acts 9:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: ”

Acts 9:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have heard by many ... - This was in the vision, Acts 9:10 . The passage of such a train of thoughts through the mind was perfectly natural at the command to go and search out Saul. There woul...
Acts 9:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Conversion. This belongs geographically to the field of the Hellenist mission, which was announced in Acts 8:4 , and occupied that whole chapter. We heard of that mission at Samaria and Cæ...
Acts 9:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by . from. Greek. apo. App-104. Of . concerning. Greek. peri. App-104. how much evil . how many evil things. Greek. kakos. App-128. saints . holy, or separated, ones. Greek. hagios. Co...
Acts 9:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Lord, I have heard. In that Ananias objecteth the danger to the Lord, he betrayeth his weakness of faith therein. Therefore we see that the saints and servants of God are afraid of death...
Acts 9:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: Lord, I have heard by many of this man - This was all done in a dream, else this...
Acts 9:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man. Instead of...
Acts 9:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Becomes a Christian 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Chri...
Acts 9:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lord, I have heard by many of this man. — The words are of interest as showing both the duration and the character of the persecution in which Saul had been the leader. The report of it had spread...
Acts 9:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Opened Eyes Acts 9:10-22 How graciously God makes use of prepared souls as partners in the work of salvation! It would have been easy for the risen Lord to have Himself completed what He had be...
Acts 9:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent...
Acts 9:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. (11) And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into th...
Acts 9:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Ananias answered, Lord ,.... Though Ananias knew that it was the Lord that spoke, and acknowledged his power and dominion, and expressed his readiness to obey his commands; yet there was a timi...
Acts 9:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: Ver. 13. Then Ananias answered ] The best have their unnecessary fears, and t...
Acts 9:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Ananias Astonished to hear such a name mentioned in such a connection; answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man What a malicious enemy he is to thy gospel: all those who were scatter...
Acts 9:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
Acts 9:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ananias Sent to Saul; Ananias Restores Saul's Sight; Saul Associates with the Disciples; Saul Preaches Christ at Damascus. 10 An...
Acts 9:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have heard by many of this man; his design and commission could not but be noised abroad. Thy saints: the disciples of Christ are called saints, because: 1. They are dedicated unto the Lord i...
Acts 9:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Experience on the Damascus Road (9:1-19).
Acts 9:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:10 . That Ananias (see on Acts 9:1 ) was one of the Seventy is an unsupported conjecture; that he was a “devout” man Saul afterwards asserts ( Acts 22:12 ); that he had...
Acts 9:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:1-19 The Conversion of St. Paul. That blessed war of aggression which Jesus Christ wages upon the evil one is a war which is made to maintain itself. Christ's soldiers are His captured ene...
Acts 9:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:1-2 . And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if h...
Acts 9:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:1 . Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If wha...
Acts 9:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heave. The heavenly light As the supernatural reflects the moral in all the miracles of the Bible, so in the conversion of St. Paul. We ha...
Acts 9:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 9:1 But for and, A.V.; breathing for breathing out, A.V.; threatening for threatenings, A.V. Threatening and slaughter. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ.,...
Acts 9:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man how much evil he hath done to Thy saints at Jerusalem;
Acts 9:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:9-14 ; 1 Samuel 16:2 ; 1 Timothy 1:13-15 ; Acts 22:19 ; Acts 22:20 ; Acts 22:4 ; Acts 26:10 ; Acts 26:11 ; Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:1 ; Exodus 4:13-19 ; Ezekiel 3:14 ; Jeremiah 20:10...
Acts 9:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Saul's Conversion: A Pattern and a Prophecy 1 Timothy 1:15-16 ; with Acts 9:1-43 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road i...
Acts 9:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But he answered — How natural it is to reason against God.

Acts 9:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 9:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes