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Verse Acts 22:23. _CAST OFF_ THEIR _CLOTHES_] Bishop Pearce supposes
that _shaking their upper garments_ is all that is meant here; and
that it was an ancient custom for men to do so when highly pleas...
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CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES - Their outer garments. Probably they did it
now intending to stone him, Acts 7:58.
AND THREW DUST INTO THE AIR - As expressive of them abhorrence and
indignation. This was a st...
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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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AFTER THE SPEECH, IN THE BARRACKS. Like Stephen, Paul is interrupted,
and threatened with stoning. The throwing dust into the air is
probably to be understood as an expression of blind fury (_cf._
2Ma...
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THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
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Up to this statement they listened to him, and then they cried,
"Destroy such a fellow from the earth, for it is not proper for him to
live." While they were shouting and waving their garments and thr...
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CRIED OUT. were crying out. Greek. _kraugazo._ See John 18:40.
CAST OFF. Greek. _ripto_.
CLOTHES. outer garments. Greek. _himation._ Holding them in their
hands and tossing them upward.
THREW. were...
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_cast off their clothes_ i.e. the loose upper robe, which could easily
be laid aside, and which in such an excitement would interfere with
their movements. Compare the conduct of the crowd when our Lo...
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ῬΙΠΤΟΎΤΩΝ ΤᾺ ἹΜΆΤΙΑ, _casting off their clothes_,
i.e. the loose upper robe which could easily be laid aside, and which
in such an excitement would interfere with their movements. Compare
the conduct...
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FURY OF THE JEWS. THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ORDERS PAUL TO BE SCOURGED, BUT ON
HEARING THAT HE IS A ROMAN, RECALLS THE ORDER IN ALARM...
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_PAUL'S ROMAN CITIZENSHIP HELPED HIM ACTS 22:22-30:_ The crowd
listened to Paul until he said the word "Gentile." Then they said,
"Get rid of this man! He doesn't deserve to live." Like madmen these
p...
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ΚΡΑΥΓΑΖΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_
ΚΡΑΥΓΆΖΩ (G2905) кричать, выкрикивать. _Gen.
abs._, "пока они кричали"
ΡΙΠΤΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΡΙΠΤΈΩ (G4496)
отбрасывать. Вероятно, имеется в ви...
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d.
The response of the mob. Paul imprisoned. Acts 22:22-30.
Acts 22:22
And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their
voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: f...
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See notes on verse 22...
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AND AS THEY CRIED OUT, AND CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES, AND THREW DUST
INTO THE AIR,
_ And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes_ - `tossed their
garments' (their cloaks),
And threw dust into t...
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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...
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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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CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES, AND THREW DUST INTO THE AIR. — The latter
gesture would seem to have been a natural relief, as with other
Oriental nations, to the violence of uncontrolled passion. It may be,...
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κραυγαζόντων δὲ (τε, Weiss, Wendt, W.H [369]), only
here in Acts (_cf._ Luke 4:41, but doubtful: W.H [370] read
κράζοντα), six times in St. John, and four times in his
narrative of the Passion of the...
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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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The Reaction to Paul's Defense
So great was the Jews' hatred of the Gentiles that the very mention of
them enraged the audience and moved them to call for Paul's death.
They began to throw their garme...
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And as they (c) cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw
dust into the air,
(c) The description of a seditious tumult, and of a foolish and mad
multitude....
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_Threw off their garments. Or pulling them open to shew themselves
ready to stone him. (Witham) --- This is nicely descriptive of the
fury of a populace, who, when unable to vent their rage in some mo...
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And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their
voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is
not fit that he should live. (23) And as they cried out, and cas...
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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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AND AS THEY CRIED OUT,.... In this furious manner:
AND CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES; either like madmen, that knew not what
they did, or in order to stone him; see Acts 7:57.
AND THREW DUST INTO THE AIR e...
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And as they cried out, and cast off _their_ clothes, and threw dust
into the air,
Ver. 23. _And as they cried_] A graphic description of their
unreasonable rage and rout. Well might our Saviour say,...
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_And as they cried out_ In this furious manner; _and cast_ Or tore;
_off their clothes_ In token of indignation and horror at this
pretended blasphemy: or, as Dr. Whitby thinks, as in the case of
Step...
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THREW DUST; expressive of their abhorrence....
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PAUL AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN.
Paul asserts his citizenship:...
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AND AS THEY CRIED OUT, AND CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES, AND THREW DUST INTO
THE AIR,...
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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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THEN, AS THEY CRIED OUT AND TORE OFF _THEIR_ CLOTHES AND THREW DUST
INTO THE AIR,
1. They stopped listening at this point.
2. They tore their clothes - a sign of grief, distress, or anger.
3. They...
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"The crowd was not content with shouting and screaming (22); they
started waving their cloaks about and flinging dust into the air.
These gestures may have expressed not so much excitement, anger and...
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22-30 The Jews listened to Paul's account of his conversion, but the
mention of his being sent to the Gentiles, was so contrary to all
their national prejudices, that they would hear no more. Their f...
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CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES; they that stoned the blasphemer cast off their
upper garments, that they might be the readier to do that execution,
and carry the heavier stones; as ACTS 7:58. They might also...
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Acts 22:23 Then G1161 they G846 out G2905 (G5723) and G2532 off G4495
(G5723) clothes G2440 and...
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‘And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust
into the air, the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
fortress, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, that...
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AS THEY CRIED OUT
(κραυγαζοντων αυτων). Genitive absolute with present
active participle of κραυγαζω, a rare word in the old Greek
from κραυγη (a cry). See on Matthew 12:19. Two other genitive
absol...
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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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UNTIL HE SAID THIS. As the Jews were crushed by foreign powers and
occupation troops, they took comfort in the thought that when the
Messiah came, the Gentile would be struck down and the Jew would st...
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_And they gave audience unto this word, and then lifted up their
voices._
THE POINT OF SECESSION
Paul was listened to attentively until he came to the word
“Gentiles.” How some words madden men! We a...
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_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....
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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 26:11; Acts 7:53; Ecclesiastes 10:3...
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They rent their garments — In token of indignation and horror at
this pretended blasphemy, and cast dust into the air — Through
vehemence of rage, which they knew not how to vent....