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

Bible Comments

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 in their baptism.

2. They are called unto holiness.

3. They did then live holily and exemplarily.

4. And so must all that hope for any benefit by their being disciples of Christ, &c.

Acts 9:13

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