Acts 9:4

He heard a voice — Severe, yet full of grace.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he fell to the earth - He was astonished and overcome by the sudden flash of light. There is a remarkable similarity between what occurred he...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Conversion. This belongs geographically to the field of the Hellenist mission, which was announced in Acts 8:4 , and occupied that whole ch...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fell... and . falling. earth. Greek. ge . App-129. voice. Greek. phone. Same as "sound", Acts 2:6 . Saul, Saul. Up to Acts 13:9 , the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. And therefore Luke saith that he fell to the ground. For what other thing can befall man, but that he must lie prostrate and be, as it we...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1762 CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Acts 9:3-6 . And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a ligh...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he fell to the earth - Being struck down with t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Suddenly there shined round about him a light, &c.— It was about noon that Saul with his company came nigh the city of Damascus; when suddenly...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he fell to the earth - and his companio...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Becomes a Christian 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's spe...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? — It is remarkable that here only, in the original Greek, and in Acts 9:17 , as in the reproduction of the wo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 9:1-6 Chapter 2 THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR. Acts 8:3 ; Acts 9:1-6 WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Winning a Persecutor Acts 9:1-9 A year had passed since Acts 8:3 . “The Way” had become the accepted phrase for the infant Church and its pres...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazare...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: (4) And he fell to the earth, and heard a...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL ‘And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice … Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he fell to the earth ,.... Not being able to bear the light, and still less the divine glory and majesty which he perceived was present; and the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Ver. 4. Fell to the earth ] Christ unhorsed him...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as he journeyed Full of wrath against the Lord's disciples; and came near to Damascus, suddenly there shined round about him a light from heav...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was fil...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul's Conversion. 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter again...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Saul fell to the earth, struck with the amazing light and terrible voice of Christ; as also with the sense of the presence of God, which he knew wa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Experience on the Damascus Road (9:1-19).
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And as he journeyed, it came about that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven, and he fell on the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:1 . And should be but directing attention once more to Saul. Breathing out .— Breathing in better renders the verb...
Scofield Reference Notes

me? The Lord identifies Himself with His people.
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:1-2 . And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of hi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

l, 2. And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings, and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him let...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:1 . And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,- Notice that litt...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:1 . Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in t...
The Biblical Illustrator

And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heave. The heavenly light As the supernatural reflects the moral in all the miracles of...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 9:1 But for and, A.V.; breathing for breathing out, A.V.; threatening for threatenings, A.V. Threatening and s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The miraculous vision:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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⁴ And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Related Commentaries of Acts 9:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 9:4