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Verse Acts 22:19. _I IMPRISONED AND BEAT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE_] This
shows what an active instrument Saul of Tarsus was, in the hands of
this persecuting priesthood, and how very _generally_ the followe...
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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 the Acts . See the notes on Acts 1:24.
THEY KNOW - Chris...
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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...
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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...
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THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
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"Because I was not able to see because of the glory of that light, I
came into Damascus led by the hand by those who were with me. And
Ananias, a pious man as regards the Law, a man to whose character...
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THEY. they themselves,
KNOW. Greek. _epistamai._ App-132.
IMPRISONED. was imprisoning. Greek. _phulakizo._ Only here.
BEAT. was beating. Greek. _dero_. See note on Acts 5:40.
IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE. G...
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_Lord, they know_, &c. The _Rev. Ver._gives "they themselves know" to
mark that the pronoun is emphatic. This is not English, but there
seems to be no other way of indicating in our language the empha...
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ΚΎΡΙΕ, ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ἘΠΌΣΤΑΝΤΑΙ, _Lord, they know_.
The effect of the expressed pronoun is not to be reproduced in
English. These are, he thinks, the very men to whom he can best
appeal. Saul is confident th...
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Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
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_PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP AMONG GENTILES ACTS 22:17-21:_ After his
conversion Paul returned to Jerusalem and to the Temple to pray. In a
vision he was told to leave Jerusalem because the people would not
li...
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ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ Acts 22:18.
ΚΎΡΙΕ _voc. sing. от_ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) Господь.
ΈΠΊΣΤΑΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΈΠΊΣΤΑΜΑΙ
(G1987) понимать,
ΉΜΗΝ _impf. ind. med. от_ ΕΊΜΊ, использу...
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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...
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See notes on verse 17...
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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 imprisoned and beat in every
synagogue them that believed on t...
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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...
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22:19 on (d-20) As ch. 9.42....
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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...
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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...
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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 of the unbelief of the people. They were, as he had...
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Κύριε, Acts 9:5. αὐτοὶ ἐπίσ.: Paul seems as it were
to plead with his Lord that men cannot but receive testimony from one
who had previously been an enemy of Jesus of Nazareth; the words too
are direc...
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SAVED FOR FURTHER SERVICE
Acts 22:17
To the story of his conversion, as given in Acts 9:1, the Apostle here
adds a detailed account of that memorable interview in the Temple,
when he questioned the a...
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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...
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In Damascus, a devout, God-fearing man came to Paul, restored his
sight and told him God had appointed him to know his will, see the
righteous one and hear his voice. He further said God planned for h...
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Here Paul rehearses his testimony to Jesus of his leadership in his
martyrdom, alleging that the Jews will certainly not receive his
testimony. _“And he said unto me, Go, for I will send you far away...
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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...
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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...
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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
assuredly believe the oracle. For without doubt he knew Chr...
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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...
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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 SYNAGOGUE THEM THAT BELIEVED ON THEE; in Jerusalem
ther...
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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_] Therefore no wonder
though they of Jerusalem reject...
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_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 house of prayer; _I was in a trance_ Or ecstasy. Pe...
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THEY KNOW THAT I IMPRISONED; he thought that the knowledge which the
men of Jerusalem had of his former treatment of the Christians would
convince them of his sincerity, and dispose them to listen to...
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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...
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SO I SAID, ‘LORD, THEY KNOW THAT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE I IMPRISONED AND
BEAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE ON YOU.
1. The Jews know of Paul, at least by reputation. They know about how
he imprisoned those who belie...
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Acts 22:18-21 Paul now reveals that the Lord had predicted two things.
First, that the Jews would persecute him (just like they were doing on
this day) and secondly that preaching to the Gentiles the...
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12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the
change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should
know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the
kno...
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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 is in the very best men to set up itself against t...
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Acts 22:19 I G2504 said G2036 (G5627) Lord G2962 they G846 know G1987
(G5736) that G3754 every...
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“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 witness was shed, I also was standing by, and
conse...
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Acts 22:19. AND I SAID, LORD, THEY KNOW THAT I IMPRISONED AND BEAT IN
EVERY SYNAGOGUE THEM THAT BELIEVED ON THEE. Paul, in recalling the
very words of the prayer he uttered during his ecstasy, wishes...
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IMPRISONED AND BEAT
(ημην φυλακιζων κα δερων). Periphrastic imperfect
active of φυλακιζω (LXX and late _Koine_, here alone in the
N.T.) and δερω (old verb to skin, to beat as in Matthew 21:35
which...
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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...
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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...
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I WENT BACK TO JERUSALEM. This was three years after he became a
Christian (Galatians 1:17-18). He goes on to show that God himself had
sent him to the Gentiles. I HAD A VISION. Compare Acts 10:10. So...
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_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...
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_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 thing--a man praying. Prayer is an instinct of the soul.
Dan...
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_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 occurred at
least three years after his conversion (Acts...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 22:4; Acts 26:9; Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1; Matthew 10:17...
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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 capable of hardening their hearts against thee. He is often...