ground. Greek. edaphos. Only here.
heard. See note on Acts 9:4.
Saul, Saul. See note on Acts 9:4.
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 c...
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 membershi...
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 (...
Saul, Saul... — We have again, as in Acts 9:4 , the Hebrew form of the name.
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 A...
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 tha...
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...
THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL ‘Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?’ Acts 22:7 The inquiry upon which I ask you to enter is this. What drew Sau...
And I fell unto the ground ,.... And so did those that were with him, Acts 26:14 . And heard a voice, saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest...
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Ver. 7. See Trapp on " Act 9:4 "
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...
The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serio...
Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a ci...
Saul, Saul; as men that call another earnestly repeat his name; as when the angel of the Lord called Abraham, Abraham, Genesis 22:11 .
“And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'.” And the result was that he had fallen to the gro...
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 i...
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...
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. Bret...
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence. Paul’s defence 1. Whether we consider the man, the circumstances, the speech, or the effect pro...
And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus. The conversion of Saul I. Saul’s misdirected energy. The immense...
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 defens...
The vision on the way:
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?
1 Samuel 3:10 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ; Exodus 3:4 ; Genesis 16:8 ; Genesis 22:1 ; Genesis 22:11 ; Genesis 3:9 ; Isaiah 43:22-26 ; Jeremiah 2:5 ;...
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?