Acts 22:1
FATHERS] i.e. the Sanhedrists and rabbis.... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHERS] i.e. the Sanhedrists and rabbis.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 charges by showing, (1) that he was a Jew by birth, trained by Gamaliel, and so zealous for the La... [ Continue Reading ]
GAMALIEL] see on Acts 5:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS WAY] i.e. Christianity: see Acts 9:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ESTATE, etc.] i.e. the Sanhedrin. 6F. See on 98, and cp. Acts 26:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WERE AFRAID] RV omits these words. HEARD NOT] i.e. did not distinguish the words, or understand the meaning of the voice: cp. John 12:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOKED UP] or, 'received my sight again and looked.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT JUST ONE] see Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52... [ Continue Reading ]
A TRANCE] Some identify this trance with that mentioned 2 Corinthians 12:2 but this is (for chronological reasons) unlikely. 22-C. ACTS 23:11. PAUL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. 23. Cast off] or, 'shook.'... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF CAPTAIN] i.e. tribune. THE CASTLE] i.e. the fortress of Antonia: see Acts 21:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOUND HIM WITH THONGS] The correct reading probably means, 'And when they had stretched him out ready for the scourging.' A ROMAN] see Acts 16:37;... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIEF CAPTAIN] i.e. tribune.... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Acts 16:37. It is evident that the chief captain had not bought the citizenship under Claudius (41-54 a.d.), who sold it for a merely nominal sum.... [ Continue Reading ]