Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 22:21
See notes on verse 17
See notes on verse 17
Verse Acts 22:21. _I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES._] This was the particular appointment of St. Paul: he was _the apostle of_ _the Gentiles_; for, though he preached frequently to the J...
AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART - Because the Christians at Jerusalem would not receive him. FAR HENCE - Paul traveled far in the pagan nations. A large part of his ministry was spent in remote countries...
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...
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...
"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...
THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
SEND. Greek. _exapostello._ App-174. GENTILES. nations. Greek. _ethnos._...
_I will send thee far hence_, &c. _Rev. Ver._"will send thee forth far hence, &c." We need not understand the command as implying that the Apostle's missionary labours were to begin from that moment,...
ἘΓῺ ΕἸΣ ἜΘΝΗ ΜΑΚΡᾺΝ ἘΞΑΠΟΣΤΕΛΩ͂ ΣΕ, _I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles_. We need not understand the command as implying that the Apostle’s missionary labours were to begin from that m...
Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
_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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ, _см._ Acts 22:18. ΠΟΡΕΎΟΥPRAES. _imper. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 22:5. ΈΞΑΠΟΣΤΕΛΏ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΑΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G1821) высылать, отправлять как официального представи...
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...
_ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. _ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence [ makran ( G3112)] - 'far away' Unto the Gentles. On th...
21 Here we have the cause of Israel's apostasy laid bare. They were to be a channel of blessing to the other nations, but, instead, they kept all Jehovah's gifts to themselves and refused to share the...
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...
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...
I WILL SEND THEE... — It may be noted, in connection with the question discussed in the Note on Acts 22:17, that the words convey the promise of a mission rather than the actual mission itself. The wo...
εἰς ἔθνη : the mere mention of the Gentiles roused their fury, and they saw in it a justification of the charge in Acts 21:28; the scene closely resembled the tumultuous outburst which led to the murd...
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...
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...
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...
Hence we see that not only principals, but all that consent to the persecution of God's servants for the cause of religion, do highly offend; and this St. Paul mentions here, that the mercy of God may...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART,.... At once from Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea: FOR I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES; to the nations afar off, even as far as Illyricum, Pannonia, o...
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Ver. 21. _And he said unto me, Depart_] Which good Paul was full loth to do; having (with the vinedresser in the Gospel,...
_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...
Christ not only calls his ministers, but assigns them the places and conditions in which they are to labor. These may be very different from what they, if left to themselves, would select; yet he orde...
AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART; FOR I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES. Paul had intended his last words to win a favorable consideration of his cause, by showing tile Jews that he, who had bee...
The Lord's direct command to Paul:...
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...
THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘DEPART, FOR I WILL SEND YOU FAR FROM HERE TO THE GENTILES. '" 1. Jesus now give a clearer message about His plan for Paul. 2. Paul was to be sent. An apostle is "one sent". 3....
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...
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...
God repeats his command, and by that answers all Paul's reasonings; whatsoever the event be, whether the Gentiles will hear, or whether they will forbear, he must go unto them. When the will of God is...
Acts 22:21 Then G2532 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 me G3165 Depart G4198 (G5737) for G3754 I...
“And he said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you forth far hence to the Gentiles.' ” He has been trying to impress on them that as a thorough Jew, he had only acted at the command of the God of the Je...
Acts 22:21. AND HE SAID ONTO ME, DEPART: FOR I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES. He thus traces step by step, very briefly but clearly, how he was led by the directly expressed will of God t...
I WILL SEND THEE FORTH FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES (Εγω εις εθνη μακραν εξαποστελω σε). Future active of the double (εξ, out, απο, off or away) compound of εξαποστελλω, common word in the _Koine_ (c...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11; Acts 13:2; Acts 13:46; Acts 13:47;...
Gentiles. "The fatal word, which hitherto he had carefully avoided, but which it was impossible for him to avoid any longer, was enough.... The word 'Gentiles, ' confirming all their worst suspicions,...