Acts 22:4; Acts 26:9-12; Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1; Matthew 10:17
And I said, Lord - This shows that it was the Lord Jesus whom Paul saw in a trance in the temple. The term “Lord” is usually applied to him in th...
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...
they . they themselves, know . Greek. epistamai. App-132. imprisoned . was imprisoning. Greek. phulakizo. Only here. beat . was beating. G...
− 19. Lord, they know. By this speech Paul doth testify that he was not beside himself, or brought into perplexity, − (516) but that he did...
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue - This...
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisone...
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 (...
Lord, they know that I imprisoned .. — This was said at the time, and it was repeated now. as with a two-fold bearing. It was partly an extenuation...
Saved for Further Service Acts 22:17-30 To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1-43 , the Apostle here adds a detailed account of...
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...
And I said, Lord, they know, that I imprisoned ,.... Men and women, that made a profession of the Christian religion, Acts 8:3 and beat in every...
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: Ver. 19. Lord, they know that I imprisoned...
When I was come again to Jerusalem From Damascus; and prayed in the temple By this he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the...
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...
This was Paul's objection which he made against the will of God concerning his leaving Jerusalem, and the Jews in it; and shows how apt carnal reason...
“And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed on you, and when the blood of Stephen your...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:17 . Begins the third portion of the defence. When I was come again to Jerusalem .—This visit to the Metropolis, which...
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 … while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance. A common thing reaching the wonderful Here is-- I. A common thin...
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 Lord's direct command to Paul:
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on Thee;
And I said — It is not easy for a servant of Christ, who is himself deeply impressed with Divine truths, to imagine to what a degree men are capabl...
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: