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Verse Acts 9:21. _IS NOT THIS HE THAT DESTROYED THEM_]
οπορθησας. The verb πορθειν has three acceptations in
the Greek writers:
1. _To_ _treat one as an enemy, to spoil him of his goods_.
2. _To lea...
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WERE AMAZED - Amazed at his sudden and remarkable change.
THAT DESTROYED - That opposed; laid waste; persecuted. Compare
Galatians 1:13.
FOR THAT INTENT - With that design, that he might destroy the...
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CHAPTER 9
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1. The vision of Glory on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1).
2. Instructions given to Ananias (Acts 9:10).
3. Saul filled with the Spirit, is baptized and preaches that Jesus is
the Son...
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PAUL'S CONVERSION. This belongs geographically to the field of the
Hellenist mission, which was announced in Acts 8:4, and occupied that
whole chapter. We heard of that mission at Samaria and Cæ sarea...
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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Paul remained with the disciples in Damascus for some time. And
immediately he began to preach Jesus in the synagogues, and the burden
of his preaching was, "This is the Son of God." Everyone who hear...
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WERE AMAZED. Greek. _existemi._ Compare Acts 2:7; Acts 8:9; Acts 8:13.
DESTROYED. devastated. Greek. _portheo._ Same word as in Galatians
1:1;...
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_But all that heard him were amazed_ Saul's fame as a persecutor of
Christians was well known to the Jews of Damascus, and the authorities
of the synagogues may have been instructed beforehand to welc...
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ἘΞΊΣΤΑΝΤΟ ΔῈ ΠΆΝΤΕΣ, _but all were amazed_.
Saul’s fame as a persecutor of Christians was apparently well known
to the Jews of Damascus, and the authorities of the synagogues may
have been instructed...
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SAUL’S SIGHT RESTORED. HE PREACHES IN DAMASCUS...
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SAUL'S EARLY MINISTRY ACTS 9:19-31 : After his conversion Saul began
to build up what he had tried to destroy. Saul went to the Jewish
meeting places and immediately started telling people that Jesus...
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AND CAME HITHER FOR THAT INTENT,— _And came hither on purpose to
carry them prisoners to the chief priests._ See 1 Samuel 10:11.
Heylin....
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THE CONVERSION AND EARLY LABORS OF SAUL
Acts 9:1-30; Galatians 1:17-24
For a moment let us pause and look back over the pathway of the
narrative, Luke has given the following events since the beginni...
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IN DAMASCUS. Acts 9:8 b - Acts 9:22.
Acts 9:8 b
and they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus.
Acts 9:9
And he was three days without sight, and di
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See notes on verse 19...
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But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that
destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither
for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief...
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10 God graciously gives a double witness to His dealing with Saul.
Ananias is quite his opposite, being a devout disciple. Saul would
have found it almost impossible to join the disciples as he did
wi...
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SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN
1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The
way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the
spectacle of the constancy of the Christia...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 9
JESUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF SAUL, 9:1-9
V1 Saul was still saying that he would hurt the *Lord’s *disciples.
He said that he would kill them. He...
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THAT DESTROYED THEM WHICH CALLED ON THIS NAME. — Better, _made
havock of them._ It is noticeable that St. Paul uses the same verb as
descriptive of his own conduct in Galatians 1:13, where the English...
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παρθήσας : same word used by St. Paul of himself in Galatians
1:13; Galatians 1:23; nowhere else in N.T., but see 4Ma 4:23; 4Ma
11:4; used often in classical Greek. Blass draws attention to the
coinci...
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OPENED EYES
Acts 9:10-22
How graciously God makes use of prepared souls as partners in the work
of salvation! It would have been easy for the risen Lord to have
Himself completed what He had begun; o...
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Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued.
Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to
the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent t...
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The Persecutor Becomes a Preacher
Once he was baptized and had broken his fast by partaking of some
food, Saul began to be with the disciples. Saul immediately began
preaching in Damascus, then went t...
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PAUL'S SANCTIFICATION
20-25. (Galatians 1:15-22 and Romans 7.) Saul had long been a preacher
of no ordinary ability. Hence he was a fluent orator when thus
powerfully converted under the impetus of a...
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And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the
Son of God. (21) But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not
this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jeru...
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We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of
the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the
manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in
var...
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21._They were all amazed. _This is added, that we may know that the
power of God was acknowledged. For seeing that the zeal of Paul
against the gospel was openly known, they saw no other cause of such...
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A work and a workman of another character begin now to dawn upon the
scene.
We have seen the inveterate opposition of the heads of Israel to the
testimony of the Holy Ghost, their obstinacy in repelli...
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BUT ALL THAT HEARD HIM WERE AMAZED,.... Not the disciples that
believed in Christ, but the unbelievers, as appears from their words:
AND SAID, IS NOT THIS HE THAT DESTROYED THEM THAT CALLED ON THIS N...
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But all that heard _him_ were amazed, and said; Is not this he that
destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither
for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chie...
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_And straightway_ That is, immediately after his conversion; _he
preached Christ in the synagogues_ Some writers have given it as their
opinion, (see Dr. Wells on the place, and _Script. Geog._, vol....
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THIS NAME; the name of the Lord Jesus....
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BUT ALL THAT HEARD HIM WERE AMAZED AND SAID, IS NOT THIS HE THAT
DESTROYED THEM WHICH CALLED ON THIS NAME IN JERUSALEM, AND CAME HITHER
FOR THAT INTENT, THAT HE MIGHT BRING THEM BOUND UNTO THE CHIEF
P...
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Saul preaches Christ:...
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Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of
God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman.
Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
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THEN ALL WHO HEARD WERE AMAZED, AND SAID, " IS THIS NOT HE WHO
DESTROYED THOSE WHO CALLED ON THIS NAME IN JERUSALEM, AND HAS COME
HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE, SO THAT HE MIGHT BRING THEM BOUND TO THE CHIEF...
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"And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in
Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come
hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound befo...
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10-22 A good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ's
feet with those words, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And never
did Christ leave any who were brought to that. Behold, the pr...
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This great change is a most unaccountable thing, and might truly cause
amazement; but _ex quovis ligno fit Mercurius, cum digitus Dei sit
statuarius._ Nothing is too hard for that God in whose hand Sa...
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Acts 9:21 Then G1161 all G3956 heard G191 (G5723) amazed G1839 (G5710)
and G2532 said G3004 ...
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‘And all who heard him were amazed, and said, “Is not this he who
in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name, and who had
come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound befor...
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SAUL'S MINISTRY IN DAMASCUS (9:20-25).
With his usual enthusiasm Saul could not wait to get to grips with
those who had once been his supporters, and it was not long before he
was in the synagogues pr...
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Acts 9:21. BUT ALL THAT HEARD HIM WERE AMAZED. The Jews were
astonished; they knew the position he had held at Jerusalem; they knew
the object of his visit to Damascus; and now they saw him using all...
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WERE AMAZED
(εξισταντο). Imperfect middle indicative of εξιστημ.
They continued to stand out of themselves in astonishment at this
violent reversal in Saul the persecutor.MADE HAVOCK
(πορθησας). F...
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Acts 9:19
Damascus Arabia Jerusalem.
We see from this chapter:
I. The minute care which God has over His people. He gives to Ananias
the street and the house in the great city of Damascus where Paul...
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Acts 9:1
Early History and Conversion of Paul.
Viewed as a public event in the history of the Christian Church, the
conversion of Paul furnishes new and independent testimony to the
Divine origin of...
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Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and
desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he fou...
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L, 2. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings, and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of
him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found...
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Acts 9:1. _And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,-_
Notice that little word «yet.» «Saul yet breathing out threatenings
a...
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CONTENTS: Conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Paul preaches and visits
Jerusalem and returns to Tarsus. Peter heals Aeneas. Tabitha raised
from the dead.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saul, disciples, hi...
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Acts 9:1. _Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against
the disciples of the Lord._ Not less than two thousand of them, who
fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what i...
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AU WHO HEARD HIM WERE AMAZED. They knew who he was and what he had
done in the past, but had not yet learned of his converting to Christ....
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_And Ananias,…putting his hands on him said, brother Saul._
SAUL CONVERTED
I. The ministry which helps to complete the great change. If the
appearance of the Lord to the persecutor was miraculous, t...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:1 In chs. Acts 6:1 Luke deals primarily with the
witness of the Jerusalem church among the dispersed Greek-speaking
Jews (the “Hellenists”) and with the apostle Peter. The conversi...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 9:20. AND STRAIGHTWAY HE PREACHED CHRIST.—Not after his return
from Arabia (Plumptre), but after his conversion and during or at the
end of the certain days. Paul’s preaching...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 9:1
_But _for _and, _A.V.; _breathing _for _breathing out, _A.V.;
_threatening _for _threatenings, _A.V. THREATENING AND SLAUGHTER. The
phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ., is rather a...
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When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek
culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became
very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquer...
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1 John 3:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; Acts 2:12; Acts 2:6; Acts 3:10;...
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Destroyed [π ο ρ θ η σ α ς]. Rather, laid waste, made havoc
of, as Rev. Compare ch. 8 3. Paul uses the same word in Galatians
1:13....
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SAUL'S CONVERSION: A PATTERN AND A PROPHECY
1 Timothy 1:15; _with Acts 9:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on
the Damascus road is as vital a pa...
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SAUL SAVED TO SERVE
Acts 9:18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Following his baptism Saul received meat for his famished body, and
was strengthened. Then Saul entered into a new comradeship with
believers; a comr...