Acts 9:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. ”

Acts 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And straightway - Immediately. It was an evidence of the genuineness of his conversion that he was willing at once to avow himself to be the friend of the Lord Jesus. He preached Christ - He...
Acts 9:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (2) Paul begins immediately to execute the office which was given and commanded to him, never consulting with fle...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

straightway. Greek. eutheos, as in Acts 9:18 . preached. Greek. kerusso. App-121. Christ. The texts read "Jesus". He . This One. the Son of God. . App-98.
Acts 9:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Luke declareth now how fruitful Paul’s conversion was, to wit, that he came abroad by and by, (600) and did not only profess that he was a disciple of Christ, but did also set himself agai...
Acts 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. Preached Christ in the synagogues - Instead of ΧριϚον, Christ, Ιησουν, Jesus, is the reading of ABCE, several others o...
Acts 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He preached Christ, &c.— He preached in the synagogues, maintaining that Jesus is the Son of God. So the Vulgate, and several manuscripts. The Jews knew that Christ, or the Messiah, is th...
Acts 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. And straightway (that is, after the "certain days" spent in private with the disciples, Acts 9:19 ), he prea...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues. — The “straightway” as interpreted by the inference drawn in the previous Note, must be taken to refer to the Apostle’s first public appearance...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - 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 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (21) But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jer...
Acts 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues ,.... The Syriac version adds, "of the Jews"; that is, which were in Damascus, Acts 9:2 from whence it appears, that he was immediately, as soo...
Acts 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. Ver. 20. And straightway he preached ] He conferred not with flesh and blood, Galatians 1:16 , but fell presently...
Acts 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And straightway That is, immediately after his conversion; he preached Christ in the synagogues Some writers have given it as their opinion, (see Dr. Wells on the place, and Script. Geog. , vol....
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - 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 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He preahced Christ in the synagogues; the apostles spake unto the Jews first, either that they might convert them, or at least take away all excuse from them. That he is the Son of God; which dou...
Acts 9:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And at once in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.' Saul immediately went to the synagogues one by one and proclaimed Jesus as the Son of God. The plural for synagogues s...
Acts 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:20 . And straightway he preached Christ .—Not after his return from Arabia (Plumptre), but after his conversion and during or at the end of the certain days. Paul’s preac...
Acts 9:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

that he is the Son of God Compare ( Acts 2:36 ). Peter, while maintaining the deity of Jesus -- "God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ" -- gives especial...
Acts 9:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:1-23 Early History and Conversion of Paul. Viewed as a public event in the history of the Christian Church, the conversion of Paul furnishes new and independent testimony to the Divine ori...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - 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 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Ananias,…putting his hands on him said, brother Saul. Saul converted I. The ministry which helps to complete the great change. If the appearance of the Lord to the persecutor was miraculous...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues that He is the Son of God.
Acts 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:14 ; 1 John 4:15 ; Acts 8:37 ; Acts 9:27 ; Acts 9:28 ; Galatians 1:23 ; Galatians 1:24 ; Galatians 2:20 ; John 1:49 ; John 19:7 ; John 20:28 ; John 20:31 ; Matthew 26:63-66 ; M...
Acts 9:20 - 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 9:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:20 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 9:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary