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Acts 9:2 open_in_new
of this way
that were of The Way, that is, Christ. (John 14:6).
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Acts 9:4 open_in_new
me?
The Lord identifies Himself with His people.
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Acts 9:7 open_in_new
voice
Compare (Acts 22:9); (Acts 26:14).
A contradiction has been imagined. The three statements should be taken together. The men heard the "voice" as a sound (Greek, "phōnē"), but did not hear the "voice" as articulating the words, "Saul, Saul," etc).
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Acts 9:20 open_in_new
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 prominence to His Messiahship. Paul, fresh from the vision of the glory, puts the emphasis on His Deity. Peter's charge was that the Jews had crucified the Son of David (Acts 2:25-30) Paul's that they had crucified the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:8). In the A.V. the sense is largely lost. The point was, not that the Christ was God, a truth plainly taught by Isaiah. (Isaiah 7:14); (Isaiah 9:6); (Isaiah 9:7) but that Jesus, the crucified Nazarene, was the Christ and therefore God the Son.
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Acts 9:22 open_in_new
But Saul
It seems probable that (Acts 9:22-25) refer to Paul's labours in Damascus after his return from Arabia (Galatians 1:17).
The "many days" of verse (Acts 9:23) may represent the "three years" of (Galatians 1:18); which intervened between Paul's return to Damascus and his visit to Peter.
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Acts 9:26 open_in_new
gone to Jerusalem
The Acts records four visits of Paul to Jerusalem after conversion:
(1) (Acts 9:23-30). This seems identical with the visit of (Galatians 1:18); (Galatians 1:19). The "apostles" of verse (Acts 9:27) were Peter, and James, the Lord's brother.
(2) (Acts 11:30). Paul may have been in Jerusalem during the events of (Acts 12:1-24); (Acts 12:25).
(3) (Acts 15:1-30); (Galatians 2:2-10).
(4) (Acts 21:17-23); (Acts 21:35).
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Acts 9:29 open_in_new
Grecians
Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews.
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Acts 9:36 open_in_new
Dorcas
That is, gazelle.
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Acts 9:39 open_in_new
widows
Contra, (Acts 6:1).