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ACTS 9:31 h` … evkklhsi,a … ei=cen … oivkodomoume,nh kai.
poreuome,nh … evplhqu,neto {A}
The range and age of the witnesses that read the singular number are
superior to those that read the plural. T...
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Verse 31. _THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST_] Instead of ια
εκκλησιαι, _the Churches_, ABC, several others, the _Syriac,
Coptic,_ _AEthiopic, Armenian_, and _Vulgate_, have
ηεκκλησια, _the Church_. Every a...
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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST - That is, the persecutions against
Christians ceased. Those persecutions had been excited by the
opposition made to Stephen Acts 11:19; they had been greatly promoted
by Sa...
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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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ACTS 9:31 is an editorial note between the story of Paul and the set
of stories about Peter, now to follow. There is much early evidence
for the reading of the AV, the churches, instead of the church....
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SURRENDER (Acts 9:1-9)...
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When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to make contact with the
disciples. They were all afraid of him because they did not believe
that he was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the...
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THEN, &C.. The church indeed therefore.
CHURCHES. App-186.
REST. peace. Greek. _eirene._
THROUGHOUT. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
AND WERE EDIFIED. being edified. Greek. _oikodomec._ Compare Acts
4:11;...
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_Then had the churches rest_, &c. Better, "So the CHURCH throughout
all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had PEACE." In the best texts the
noun and all the verbs agreeing with it are in the singular numb...
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Ἡ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ with אABC. _Vulg_.
‘ecclesia quidem.’
31. Ἡ ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ … ΕἸΡΉΝΗΝ, _so
the Church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace_.
The sense is that the whole Chris...
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SAUL VISITS JERUSALEM. HE IS SENT AWAY TO TARSUS. THE CHURCHES HAVE
REST...
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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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ΈΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ (G1577) церковь, христианекая
община. Sing., вероятно, относится к
иерусалимской церкви, члены которой
рассеялись по территории Иудеи,
Галилеи и Самарии (K.N.Giles, "Luke's Use of the term
'Ε...
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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST— This _rest_ is by no means to be
ascribed merelyor chiefly to St. Paul's conversion; who, though a
great zealot, was but a young man, of no immediate or supreme
authority,...
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THE WORK OF PETER
Acts 9:31, Acts 11:18
1.
AT JERUSALEM. Acts 9:31.
Acts 9:31
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samar
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31. Preparatory to this transition in the narrative, the historian
glances rapidly over the territory to which we are about to be
introduced, stating the condition of things immediately after Saul's
d...
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Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and
Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in
the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
THEN HAD THE...
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30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this
treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away,
but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
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9:31 assemblies (a-2) Or 'assembly,' as many MSS. Spirit. (b-34) Or
'enjoyed peace ... and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were
multiplied.'...
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Extension of the Church in Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria.
The churches] RV 'the Church.' The local churches formed one organic
whole....
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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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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST. — The better MSS. have “the Church”
in the singular. The tranquility described may have been due, partly
to the absence of any leading men among the opponents of the new
so...
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αἱ ἐκκλησίαι if we read the singular ἡ ἐκκλ. with
the great MS. the word shows us that the Church, though manifestly
assuming a wider range, is still one: Hort, _Ecclesia_, p. 55, thinks
that here the...
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WELCOMED AS A BROTHER
Acts 9:23-31
He who feeds on Scripture must wax strong. The new convert started at
once to testify of the Savior. We have no right to keep to ourselves
the great treasures that...
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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 Growth of the Church and Two of Peter's Miracles
After Saul went to Tarsus, Luke reported that a period of peace ensued
during which the church in Judea, Galilee and Samaria was
strengthened, walk...
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The Church visibly proceedeth still with much comfort and patience;
she is perfected by persecution, and by means of the promised
infallible protection, she has ever proved herself invulnerable to all...
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PETER'S EVANGELISTIC TOURS
31. The miraculous conversion of Saul stunned and paralyzed the
aggressive persecutors of the fallen ecclesiasticism, at the same time
giving a great boom to the rising hope...
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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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31._Then the Churches. _Luke’s meaning is, that the enemies of the
gospel were greatly provoked by Paul’s presence. For why was there
such peace made suddenly by his departure, save only because the v...
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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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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST,.... Meaning not spiritual rest in Christ;
this they had before, even in tribulation, but rest from persecution;
not so much because of the conversion of Saul, the great per...
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Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and
Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in
the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Ver. 31. _Then...
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_Then had the churches_ The whole body of Christian believers, with
all their congregations, wherever they were dispersed; _throughout all
Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, rest_ Ειρηνην, _peace;_ their
bi...
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JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA; the three divisions into which
Palestine, or the Holy Land, was divided.
EDIFIED; strengthened and advanced in knowledge and piety....
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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA AND GALILEE AND
SAMARIA, AND WERE EDIFIED, AND, WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN
THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY GHOST, WERE MULTIPLIED.
Three years befor...
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Saul at Jerusalem:...
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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 THE CHURCHES THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA, GALILEE, AND SAMARIA HAD PEACE
AND WERE EDIFIED. AND WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN THE
COMFORT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THEY WERE MULTIPLIED.
1. God expect...
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"So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had
peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied"Had peace" The church...
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23-31 When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but
the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the
temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was
a...
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THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST; when Paul was sent away, against whom they
had the greater spite, as having been as zealous a persecutor as any
amongst them. AND WERE EDIFIED: the church is frequently com...
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31. Preparatory to this transition in the narrative, the historian
glances rapidly over the territory to which we are about to be
introduced, stating the condition of things immediately after Saul's
d...
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Acts 9:31 Then G3303 G3767 churches G1577 throughout G2596 all G3650
Judea G2449 G2532 Galilee G1056 and...
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‘So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had
peace, being edified, and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the
comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.'
The return of Saul t...
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Acts 9:31. THEN HAD THE CHURCHES REST. In the most ancient MSS. the
singular form ‘Church' is found, and there is a reason for the
writer of the ‘Acts' preferring ‘Church' to ‘churches.' Here he
is vi...
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SO THE CHURCH
(Hη μεν ουν εκκλησια). The singular εκκλησια is
undoubtedly the true reading here (all the great documents have it
so). By this time there were churches scattered over Judea, Galilee,...
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Acts 9:31
Our Lord tells us that the Comforter's work as Comforter is to abide,
to teach, to remind, to testify, to reprove. These are the ways in
which He comforts. The text carries on the same idea....
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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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HAD A TIME OF PEACE. After Paul escaped from the city, persecution
ceased for a while. The Roman Emperor Caligula ordered his statue
placed in the temple at Jerusalem. The Jews were too busy with this...
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_Then had the Churches rest._
QUIET TIMES
The right use of quiet times is a great secret of Christian living.
Human life is made up of alternations of storm and calm, of trouble
and rest. It is so wi...
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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 9:31 THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT ALL JUDEA AND GALILEE
AND SAMARIA. There may have been hundreds of churches in the small
cities and towns throughout this large region, but all of them
tog...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 9:32. LYDDA.—The Old Testament Lod (Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah
11:35; 1 Chronicles 8:12), now called Lucid.
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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 Chronicles 22:18; 1 Chronicles 22:9; 1 Corinthians 14:12; 1
Corinthians 14:26;...
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The churches. The best texts read the church; embracing all the
different churches throughout the three provinces of Palestine.
Edified. Or build up.
Comfort [π α ρ α κ λ η σ ε ι]. From parakalew, to...
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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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AMONG THE CHURCHES
Acts 9:31
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
For the while we turn from Saul and the record of his ministry, and we
return to the early Church and her dominant figure, Peter.
We ask your attenti...
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Then the Church — The whole body of Christian believers, had peace
— Their bitterest persecutor being converted. And being built up —
In holy, loving faith, continually increasing, and walking in — Th...
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That is, "After Saul's miraculous conversion, and after he was sent
away, and departed from those parts, where the Jews, his old
companions in persecution, could not endure his presence, he having
bee...