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“ And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said,I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. ”

Acts 9:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? - The word “Lord” here, as is frequently the case in the New Testament, means no more than “sir,” John 4:19 . It is evident that Saul did not as yet know that th...
Acts 9:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] (c) hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (c) This is a proverb which is spoken of those who through...
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Lord. The texts read "He". Jesus. App-98. it is hard, &c. The texts omit "it is hard", &c. to "unto him", in the middle of Acts 9:6 . The words were probably supplied from the pe...
Acts 9:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Who art thou, Lord? We have Paul now somewhat tamed, but he is not yet Christ’s disciple. Pride is corrected in him, and his fury is brought down. But he is not yet so thoroughly healed t...
Acts 9:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1762 CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Acts 9:3-6 . And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard...
Acts 9:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Who art thou, Lord? - Τις ει, Κυριε; Who art thou, Sir? He had...
Acts 9:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Suddenly there shined round about him a light, &c.— It was about noon that Saul with his company came nigh the city of Damascus; when suddenly there appeared the Shechinah, or the glory of th...
Acts 9:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he said, Who art thou, Lord? The word "Lord" here is...
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who art thou, Lord? — The word “Lord” could not as yet have been used in all the fulness of its meaning. As in many cases in the Gospels, it was the natural utterance of respect and awe ( John 5:7...
Acts 9:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 9:1-6 Chapter 2 THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR. Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:1-6 WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's life as we know it from his own reminiscences, fro...
Acts 9:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Winning a Persecutor Acts 9:1-9 A year had passed since Acts 8:3 . “The Way” had become the accepted phrase for the infant Church and its presentation of the truth, Acts 19:9 ; Acts 22:4 . I...
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. (6) And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou ha...
Acts 9:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, who art thou, Lord ?.... For he knew not whether it was God, or an angel, or who it was that spake to him; he knew not Christ by his form or voice, as Stephen did, when he saw him stand...
Acts 9:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Ver. 5. To kick against the pricks ] A metaphor from oxen p...
Acts 9:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as he journeyed Full of wrath against the Lord's disciples; and came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven This, doubtless, was occasioned by the rays of...
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul's Conversion. 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high p...
Acts 9:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who art thou, Lord? Saul was in a great consternation and doubting, whether it was God, or an angel. Jesus whom thou persecutest: though he did not intend this persecution against Christ, yet our...
Acts 9:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Experience on the Damascus Road (9:1-19).
Acts 9:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:1 . And should be but directing attention once more to Saul. Breathing out .— Breathing in better renders the verb ἐμπνέων, threatening and slaughter describing the...
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - 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 9:5 - 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 9:5 - 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 9:5 - 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 9:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miraculous vision:
Acts 9:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:22 ; 1 Samuel 3:4-10 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ; Acts 26:9 ; Acts 5:39 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Isaiah 45:9 ; Job 40:10 ; Job 40:9 ; Job 9:4 ; Psalms 2:12
Acts 9:5 - 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 9:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To kick against the goads — is a Syriac proverb, expressing an attempt that brings nothing but pain.

Acts 9:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 9:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 9:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 9:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 9:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes