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Acts 22:10

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes on Acts 9:3. Acts 22:6 AS I MADE MY JOURNEY - As I was on my journey. ABOUT NOON - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circu

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Address of the Apostle (Acts 22:1)._ 2. The Answer from the Mob, and Paul's Appeal to His Roman citizenship (Acts 22:22). What a scene it was! On the stairs, midway between the t...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 membership of the Jewish people, and having lived many years in Pa...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    "Men, brethren and fathers, listen to the defence which I now make to you." When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they gave him still more quietness. So he said, "I am a...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WHAT SHALL. DO. This question is only in this account. ARISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. TOLD. Greek. _laleo_, as in Acts 22:9. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri_. App-104. APPOINTED. Greek. _tasso_....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _which are appointed for thee to do_ God explained this to Ananias (see Acts 9:15), how Saul was a chosen vessel to bear His name before Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel; and still more a...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ὯΝ ΤΈΤΑΚΤΑΊ ΣΟΙ ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ, _which are appointed for thee to do_. On the attraction of the relative into the case of its antecedent, see on Acts 1:1. God had explained to Ananias (see Acts 9:15) what Sa...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PAUL'S CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY ACTS 22:6-16:_ As Paul drew near to Damascus there was a bright light from heaven that flashed around him. This light caused him to fall to the ground. He heard a vo...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. 1 pers. sing., см._ Acts 22:8. ΠΟΙΉΣΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. Совещательный _conj._ в вопросе, ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G450) вставать, поднима...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    c. Paul addresses the Jewish mob. Acts 22:1-21. Acts 22:1 Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you. Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew l...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 3...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. And I said ... I came into...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    40 God acts in marvelous ways. Human opposition works out his purposes quite as effectively as human help. What better means could be devised to get all Jerusalem as well as representatives from the d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 PAUL SPEAKS TO THE CROWD, 22:1-21 V1 ‘Brothers and fathers, listen to me! I will explain what happened.’ V2 The crowd became even quieter. T...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    HOW HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED Acts 22:1 What a sermon Paul preached! His pulpit, the steps that ascended from the Temple level to the Castle of Antonia. His audience, the frenzied crowds who filled the co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 that defense the last word he was permitted to utter w...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    Paul now proceeds to vindicate himself by relating his experience, giving his Cilician nativity and his education in Jerusalem at the feet of Gamaliel, the champion theologian, his identity with the p...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The closing Chapter s from 21 to the end of the book are devoted to an episode full of interest and profit Paul's course from Jerusalem to Rome. And here we find ourselves in an atmosphere considerabl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    − 10._What shall I do, Lord? _This is the voice of a tamed man, and this is the true turning unto the Lord; when laying away all fierceness and fury, we bow down our necks willingly to bear his yoke,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    He departs therefore to Jerusalem; and when there, he goes to the house of James, and all the elders assemble. Paul relates to them the work of God among the Gentiles. They turn to their Judaism, of w...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I SAID, WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD?.... Acts 9:6....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. Ver. 10. See Acts 9:16,18...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And as I made my journey, &c., about noon_ For all was done in the face of the sun; _suddenly there shone a great light_ By whatever method God reveals himself to us, we shall have everlasting cause...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    The conversion of Paul. Chap Acts 9:3-18....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The crowd having been quietened, Paul speaks with fullest respect for those he addresses, and doing so in the Hebrew language, he attracts more serious attention. He has been practically convicted by...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    SO I SAID, ‘WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD? ' AND THE LORD SAID TO ME, ‘ARISE AND GO INTO DAMASCUS, AND THERE YOU WILL BE TOLD ALL THINGS WHICH ARE APPOINTED FOR YOU TO DO. ' 1. Paul again addresses Jesus as...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Paul's zeal for God is manifested by his readiness to immediately obey when the Lord speaks, even if the Lord contradicts Paul's previous ideas. Notice that while Jesus appeared to Paul there is still...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 The apostle addressed the enraged multitude, in the customary style of respect and good-will. Paul relates the history of his early life very particularly; he notices that his conversion was who...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "ACTS 9:6". Such things as Ananias told him from Christ, were as if Christ himself had told him them; and by Ananias our Saviour satisfied St. Paul's question, WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD?...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 22:10 So G1161 said G2036 (G5627) What G5101 do G4160 (G5661) Lord G2962 And G1161 Lord...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it will be told you concerning all things which are appointed for you to do.' ” Deeply humbled he...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    INTO DAMASCUS (εις Δαμασκον). In Acts 9:6 simply "into the city" (εις την πολιν).OF ALL THINGS WHICH (περ παντων ων). Hων, relative plural attracted to genitive of antecedent from accusative α, o...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Acts 22:10 Choice of Professions the Capabilities of the Christian Ministry. I. Who can overstate the capabilities of the Christian ministry? I know that preaching may be a very poor thing; a form to...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Acts 22:1. _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 them, they kept the more silence: and he saith),_ Men...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Paul's defense before the multitude. Recounts his conversion. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, Ananias, chief captain. CONCLUSION: God's servants who are set upon with rage and fury because o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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. _Brethren,_ religious persons of the stock of Israel. _Fat...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    AND COMING NEAR DAMASCUS. See notes on Acts 9:3-9. The bright light flashed at the time the sun was the brightest, and was much brighter than the sun (Acts 26:13). SAUL, SAUL. The voice spoke in Hebre...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence._ PAUL’S DEFENCE 1. Whether we consider the man, the circumstances, the speech, or the effect produced, this address is worthy to be ranked among the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And it came to pass that as I made my journey and was come nigh unto Damascus._ THE CONVERSION OF SAUL I. Saul’s misdirected energy. The immense energy of the man is apparent to us at once. 1. Ener...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And I said, What shall I do, Lord?_ THE GREAT PRACTICAL QUESTION It is a brief one but very common: the question of the idler, the steward in the parable, the statesman. It is one of the standing pr...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:6 begins the second part of the defence (Acts 22:6). WAS COME NIGH should be _was drawing near._ The narration is the same as in Acts 9:3 and...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 DEFENSE; ἀπολογία This is the technical word in classical Greek for...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the twenty-second chapter of Acts. Pick up on Paul where we left him last week in that very dramatic moment. Paul in spite of repeated warnings from the Holy Spirit...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 10:33; Acts 16:30; Acts 2:37; Acts 9:6; Acts 22:12;...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Here observe, 1. That although Christ converted Paul himself, yet Ananias, as his minister, must instruct him: by Christ is grace infused, but by his ministers increased. Such an honour doth Christ pu...

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