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Acts 9:7

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"And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man."

  • Acts 9:7 - Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 9:7. _STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN._] The men were εννεοι, _stupified_, hearing τηςφωνης, _the voice_ or _thunder_, but not distinguishing the _words_, which were a...

  • Acts 9:7 - Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM - Why these men attended him is unknown. They might have been appointed to aid him, or they may have been travelers with whom Saul had accidentally fallen in. STOO...

  • Acts 9:7 - Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 9 __ 1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1). 2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10). 3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is the Son...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 chapter. We heard of that mission at Samaria and Cæ sarea...

  • Acts 9:7 - Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    But Saul, still breathing out threat and murder to the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters of credit to Damascus, to the synagogues there, so that if he found any...

  • Acts 9:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JOURNEYED WITH. Greek. _sunodeuo._ Only here. SPEECHLESS. Greek. _enneos_ or _eneos._ Only here in N.T., but found in Septuagint Proverbs 17:28 (holdeth his peace) and Isaiah 56:10 (dumb). HEARING....

  • Acts 9:7 - Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless_ Cp. Daniel 10:7, "I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision, but a great quaking fell upon them." Saul wa...

  • Acts 9:7 - Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 9:1-9. SAUL’S MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND HIS CONVERSION...

  • Acts 9:7 - Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE CONVERSION OF SAUL ACTS 9:1-18:_ Saul's early training helped him to be a very sincere man. However, as important as sincerity is we must remember that sincerity may be just as real in the heart...

  • Acts 9:7 - Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΣΥΝΟΔΕΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΣΥΝΟΔΕΎΩ (G4922) сопровождать, быть попутчиком кого-л., с _dat._ ΕΊΣΤΉΚΕΙΣΑΝ _plperf. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΈΝΕΌΣ (G1769) безмолвный, ΆΚΟΎΟ...

  • Acts 9:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE— _Stood perfectly astonished;_—stood fixed and confounded. The original implies the attitude of a person who is so astonished as not to be able to stir. In chap. Acts...

  • Acts 9:7 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE CONVERSION AND EARLY LABORS OF SAUL Acts 9:1-30; Galatians 1:17-24 For a moment let us pause and look back over the pathway of the narrative, Luke has given the following events since the beginni...

  • Acts 9:7 - Combined Bible Commentary

    7. While the conversation was passing between Saul and Jesus, the conduct of his companions is thus described by Luke. (7) "_Now, the men who were journeying with him stood speechless, hearing the voi...

  • Acts 9:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, [ enneoi (G1767), or, as the best manuscripts write...

  • Acts 9:7 - Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    26 It is notable that the messenger, or angel, who spoke to Philip is also called "the spirit" (29) and "the spirit of the Lord" (39). This suggests that these expressions may refer to created beings...

  • Acts 9:7 - Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:7 voice (i-13) Or 'sound.'...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...

  • Acts 9:7 - EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9 V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples. He said that he would kill them. He...

  • Acts 9:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN. — We are told by St. Paul himself (Acts 22:9) that they “did _not_ hear the voice.” What is meant is clearly that they did not hear the words — could attach no mean...

  • Acts 9:7 - Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    οἱ συνοδεύοντες : probably riding in company with him; not found in classical Greek, but used in the same sense as here in Plutarch not elsewhere in N. T; but see Wis 6:23, and Tob 5:16 ([223] [224] _...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 presentation of the truth, Acts 19:9; Acts 22:4. It may refer...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent t...

  • Acts 9:7 - Gary Hampton Commentaries

    Seeing the Light on the Damascus' Road Saul not only persecuted the church in Jerusalem, but even went to foreign cities to carry out his vicious persecution. Bruce presents some evidence that the Jew...

  • Acts 9:7 - Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the men which journeyed with him (d) stood speechless, hearing a (e) voice, but seeing no man. (d) Stood still and could not go one step forward, but remained amazed as stood still like statues....

  • Acts 9:7 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _There it shall be told thee, &c. The Almighty having established a Church, and ministry, the depositories of his doctrines, does not, even on this extraordinary occasion, transgress his own laws; but...

  • Acts 9:7 - Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    SAUL'S CONVERSION 1-15. As the Romans looked upon the Nazarenes as an insignificant faction of Judaism, in some way to them utterly mysterious, out of harmony with their own church, they acquiesced i...

  • Acts 9:7 - Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. (8) And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand...

  • Acts 9:7 - Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...

  • Acts 9:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE YOUNG CONVERT’S INQUIRY_ ‘Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?’ Acts 9:6 There is much to learn, and much to imitate, in these words, if you take almost each of them separately. But I want to f...

  • Acts 9:7 - John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._And the men. _He speaketh now briefly of the companions of Paul, that they were witnesses of the vision. Yet it seemeth that this narration doth not in all points agree with that of Paul, which we...

  • Acts 9:7 - John Darby's Synopsis

    A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the scene. We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repell...

  • Acts 9:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM,.... Out of respect to him, to keep him company; or rather to assist him in his designs: STOOD SPEECHLESS: astonished and amazed, they had not power to speak one...

  • Acts 9:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. Ver. 7. _Hearing a voice_] Not Christ's voice, but Saul's only, Acts 22:9 ....

  • Acts 9:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the men which journeyed with him_ Who at first fell to the ground, as Saul did: upon recovering themselves and rising up; _stood speechless_ With astonishment and terror; _hearing a voice_ Ακουον...

  • Acts 9:7 - Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN; by comparing the present account with chap Acts 22:9, we learn that Saul's companions heard a voice and saw a light; but that they neither underst...

  • Acts 9:7 - Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND THE MEN WHICH JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE, BUT SEEING NO MAN....

  • Acts 9:7 - Leslie 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 filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...

  • Acts 9:7 - Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND THE MEN WHO JOURNEYED WITH HIM STOOD SPEECHLESS, HEARING A VOICE BUT SEEING NO ONE. 1. Saul was leading a group of men. We don't know exactly how many but several. He needed enough to arrest and...

  • Acts 9:7 - Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man"The men" Possibly Jewish or Roman soldiers. "Stood speechless" "Denotes those who are so astonished or st...

  • Acts 9:7 - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 So ill informed was Saul, that he thought he ought to do all he could against the name of Christ, and that he did God service thereby; he seemed to breathe in this as in his element. Let us not d...

  • Acts 9:7 - Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    STOOD SPEECHLESS: in ACTS 26:14, these men are said to be fallen to the earth as well as Saul, which they might at first be, and now rose up; or rather, by standing still here is only meant, they, bei...

  • Acts 9:7 - McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    7. While the conversation was passing between Saul and Jesus, the conduct of his companions is thus described by Luke. (7) "_ Now, the men who were journeying with him stood speechless, hearing the vo...

  • Acts 9:7 - Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 9:7 And G1161 men G435 who G3588 journeyed G4922 (G5723) him G846 stood G2476 (G5715) speechless G1769 hearing G191 (G5723) G3303 voice G5456 but G1161 seeing G2334 (G5723) one G3367 Acts 22:9,...

  • Acts 9:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL'S EXPERIENCE ON THE DAMASCUS ROAD (9:1-19)....

  • Acts 9:7 - Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    _The Conversion of the Pharisee Leader Saul,_ 3-9. After the Passion of the Lord, the conversion of St. Paul is the event to which attention is most frequently called in the sacred writings. Many tim...

  • Acts 9:7 - Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    THAT JOURNEYED WITH HIM (ο συνοδευοντες αυτω). Not in the older Greek, but in the _Koine_, with the associative instrumental.SPEECHLESS (ενεο). Mute. Only here in N.T., though old word.HEARING TH...

  • Acts 9:7 - Scofield's Bible Commentary

    VOICE Compare (Acts 22:9); (Acts 26:14). A contradiction has been imagined. The three statements should be taken together. The men heard the "voice" as a sound (Greek, "phōnē"), but did not hear t...

  • Acts 9:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 9:1 The Conversion of St. Paul. That blessed war of aggression which Jesus Christ wages upon the evil one is a war which is made to maintain itself. Christ's soldiers are His captured enemies....

  • Acts 9:7 - Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...

  • Acts 9:7 - Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised from the dead. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what i...

  • Acts 9:7 - The Bible Study New Testament

    THEY HEARD THE VOICE. Saul both heard the voice and saw Jesus (Acts 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8). These men were on the fringes of the vision and did not receive the full impact. Altho...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 Bible, so in the conversion of St. Paul. We have...

  • Acts 9:7 - The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:1 In chs. Acts 6:1 Luke deals primarily with the witness of the Jerusalem church among the dispersed Greek-speaking Jews (the “Hellenists”) and with the apostle Peter. The conversi...

  • Acts 9:7 - 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 ἐμπνέων, threatening and slaughter describing the atmosph...

  • Acts 9:7 - The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 9:1 _But _for _and, _A.V.; _breathing _for _breathing out, _A.V.; _threatening _for _threatenings, _A.V. THREATENING AND SLAUGHTER. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ., is rather a...

  • Acts 9:7 - Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...

  • Acts 9:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 22:9; Acts 26:13; Acts 26:14; Daniel 10:7; Matthew 24:40; Matthew 24:41...

  • Acts 9:7 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Speechless [ε ν ε ο ι]. Only here in New Testament....

  • Acts 9:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY 1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road is as vital a pa...

  • Acts 9:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The men — stood — Having risen before Saul; for they also fell to the ground, Acts 26:14. It is probable they all journeyed on foot. Hearing the noise — But not an articulate voice. And seeing the lig...

  • Acts 9:7 - William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, The testimony or witnesses of Saul's conversion, to writ, the men that journeyed with him; it is probable that he had. considerable number of officers with him, to bring both men and wom...

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