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See the notes on Acts 9:17....
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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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"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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THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
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SAUL. Greek. _Saoul,_ as in Acts 22:7.
RECEIVE THY SIGHT. Literally look up. Greek. _anablepo._ App-133.:6.
LOOKED UP. Same word. Greek. _anablepo_....
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_and stood_ The fuller force of the compound verb is given by the
_Rev. Ver._"and standing by me."
_receive thy sight … I looked up_, &c. The verb is the same in both
places, and this the _Rev. Ver._h...
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_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...
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ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 22:11. ΈΠΙΣΤΆΣ
_aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2186)
приходить, предстоять,
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 22:8.
ΑΔΕΛΦΈ _voc. sing. от_ ΑΔΕΛΦΌΣ ...
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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 3...
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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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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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LOOKED UP] or, 'received my sight again and looked.'...
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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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ἐπιστὰς : “standing over one,” used frequently in Acts of
the appearance of an angel, or of the intervention of a friend (or of
an enemy), see Luke 2:9; Luke 4:39; Luke 10:40; Luke 12:7
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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CAME UNTO ME,.... Being at the house of Judas, in that street of
Damascus called Straight, Acts 9:11 and stood; at the side of him, or
by him, putting his hands on him:
AND SAID UNTO ME, BROTHER SAUL...
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_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...
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The conversion of Paul. Chap Acts 9:3-18....
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Paul and Ananias:...
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CAME UNTO ME, AND STOOD, AND SAID UNTO ME, BROTHER SAUL, RECEIVE THY
SIGHT. AND THE SAME HOUR I LOOKED UP UPON HIM....
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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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CAME TO ME; AND HE STOOD AND SAID TO ME, ‘BROTHER SAUL, RECEIVE YOUR
SIGHT. ' AND AT THAT SAME HOUR I LOOKED UP AT HIM.
1. Ananias came to Saul (the Hebrew name of Paul) and offered him his
sight.
2...
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This sight was instantly restored; another proof that what had
happened on the road was an actual encounter with God. Acts 22:14 Paul
now begins to explain why Jesus had appeared to him. "The God of o...
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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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STOOD; that in this posture he might more conveniently put his hands
upon Paul; which we read that he now did, ACTS 9:17, and was
ordinarily done upon the miraculous curing of any. THE SAME HOUR; or,...
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Acts 22:13 came G2064 (G5631) to G4314 me G3165 and G2532 stood G2186
(G5631) said G2036 ...
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“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported
of by all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me, and standing by me
said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight. And in that very ho...
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Acts 22:13. AND THE SAME HOUR I LOOKED UP UPON HIM. That is to say,
Ananias stood before the stricken Saul, and spoke as he was commanded
the healing words of power; then Saul turned his heavy blinded...
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I LOOKED UP ON HIM
(αναβλεψα εις αυτον). First aorist active indicative
and same word as αναβλεψον (Receive thy sight). Hence here
the verb means as the margin of the Revised Version has it: "I
rec...
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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...
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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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A MAN NAMED ANANIAS. He was a Christian (Acts 9:10), but kept the Law
strictly. BROTHER SAUL, SEE AGAIN! See Acts 9:17-18 and notes. THE GOD
OF OUR ANCESTORS. Compare Acts 7:32;...
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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 one Ananias … said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee._
THE DIVINE ORDINATION OF HUMAN LIFE
The verb here translated, “chosen,” only occurs in this form in
one other place (Acts 26:16), w...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 22:12 For his Jewish hearers, Paul stressed the
faithfulness of ANANIAS.
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_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...
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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 9:17; Philemon 1:16...
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Stood [ε π ι σ τ α ς]. More correctly, as Rev., "standing by
[ε π ι]." Receive thy sight [α ν α β λ ε ψ ο ν]. Better,
look up. See the following words : I looked up upon him. The word
admits of both t...