Acts 21:40
The Hebrew tongue - See the notes on Acts 21:40 .
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...
spake... to . addressed. Greek. prosphoneo, as in Acts 21:40 . Hebrew . Greek. Hebrais, as in Acts 21:40 . tongue . Greek. dialektos, as...
− 2. That he spake Hebrew. This is indeed an usual thing, that when men which speak diverse languages are together, we hear those more willi...
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) When they heard that he spake in the Hebr...
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) (And when they heard that he spak...
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 (...
They kept the more silence. — The opening words had done the work they were meant to do. One who spoke in Hebrew was not likely to blaspheme the sa...
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...
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you. (2) (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they k...
And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them ,.... Acts 21:40 . they kept the more silence ; it being their mother tongue, and...
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) Ver. 2. In the Hebrew tongue ] S...
Men, brethren, and fathers Of whatsoever age, rank, or circumstance of life you are; hear ye my defence Which ye could not hear before for the tu...
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. 1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I m...
The Hebrew tongue; the ordinary Hebrew; that which was taken for Hebrew, and spoken by the Hebrews after their return from the captivity, though mi...
‘And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet. And he says,' When they heard that he was speaking in ‘...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 22:1 . Men, brethren and fathers. —Or, brethren and fathers, the use of “men” in English being unnecessary. Compare the...
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 when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue. Paul’s method of quieting the mob The Hebrew language was their dearest language. It to...
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...
Paul's Speech to the Jews. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1-21 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence; and he saith,)
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)