CHAPTER 22 PAUL’S DEFENCE FROM THE CASTLE STAIRS OF ANTONIA: FIRST APOLOGY § 1. A Retrospective Survey of his Past Career; or, what he Was and Did, prior to Conversion (Acts 22:1). § 2. The Story of his Conversion to Christianity; or, before and in Damascus (Acts 22:6). § 3. The Adoption of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:1. MEN, BRETHREN AND FATHERS.—Or, _brethren and fathers,_ the use of “men” in English being unnecessary. Compare the commencement of Stephen’s address to the Sanhedrim (Acts 7:2). Conybeare and Howson (2:276) “account for this peculiar mode of address” by supposing “that m... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 Acts 26:13, with a few points of difference. One of these is the note of time—ABOUT NOON—“through which the miracle is more realis... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 9:26), and lasted fifteen days (Galatians 1:18), is connected with the story of his conversion (ov... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 22:22. AWAY WITH SUCH a fellow FROM THE EARTH.—As in Acts 21:36. IT IS NOT FIT. Better, _it was not fit_ THAT HE SHOULD LIVE.—Meaning that he had long ago forfeited his life. Acts 22:23. CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES.—Not in preparation for stoning him, as in Acts 7:58 (Meyer, Zöck... [ Continue Reading ]