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CHAPTER XXII.
_Paul, in his address to the people, gives an account of his_
_birth and education_, 1-3.
_His prejudices against Christianity_, 4, 5.
_And of his miraculous conversion, and call to...
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MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS - This defense was addressed to the Jews,
and Paul commenced it with an expression of sincere respect for them.
Stephen began his defense with the same form of address. See...
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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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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...
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THE DEFENCE OF EXPERIENCE (Acts 22:1-10)...
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"Men, brethren and fathers, listen to the defence which I now make to
you." When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew
language, they gave him still more quietness. So he said, "I am a...
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MEN, &C. See note on Acts 1:11 with Acts 7:2.
DEFENCE. Greek. _apologia._ Occurs eight times, here; Act 25:16. 1
Corinthians 9:3;...
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Acts 22:1. St Paul's Defence
1. _Men, brethren, and fathers_ The Greek is amply rendered (with
_Rev. Ver._) by "_Brethren and fathers_." See note on Acts 1:16.
_hear ye my defence which I make now un...
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Acts 22:1-21. ST PAUL’S DEFENCE...
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ἈΚΟΎΣΑΤΈ ΜΟΥ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΡῸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΝΥΝῚ�,
_hear ye my defence which I now make unto you_. With regard to the
construction of the verse, it seems, as in John 12:47, that
ἀκούω is here followed by a double ge...
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_PAUL'S BIRTH, EDUCATION AND PREJUDICES ACTS 22:1-5:_ The term "men,
brethren and fathers" was a term used often among the Jews in Paul's'
day. He was happy to answer the charges of speaking against t...
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ΠΑΤΈΡΕΣ _voc. pl. от_ ΠΑΤΉΡ (G3962) отец. Этот
термин может указывать на присутствие
членов синедриона (Schneider),
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать, слушать, с _gen._ ΑΠΟΛΟΓΊΑ (G6...
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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...
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XXII: 1, 2. (1) “_Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defense, which
I now make to you._ (2) _And when they heard that he spoke to them in
the Hebrew dialect, they kept the greater quiet._” It is happ...
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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto
you.
The Defense (22:1-21)
Men, brethren, and, fathers - more simply, 'Brethren and fathers,'
"hear ye my defense which I make no...
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40 God acts in marvelous ways. Human opposition works out his purposes
quite as effectively as human help. What better means could be devised
to get all Jerusalem as well as representatives from the d...
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22:1 (d-1) Lit. 'Men brethren,' as ch. 1.16....
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FATHERS] i.e. the Sanhedrists and rabbis....
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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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XXII.
(1) MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS. — The apparently triple division is
really only two-fold — _Brethren and fathers._ (See Note on Acts
7:2.) It is noticeable that he begins his speech with the se...
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ἄνδρες ἀ. καὶ π., _cf._ Acts 7:2. So St. Stephen had
addressed a similar assembly, in which had been Saul of Tarsus, who
was now charged with a like offence as had been laid to the charge of
the first...
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HOW HIS LIFE WAS CHANGED
Acts 22:1
What a sermon Paul preached! His pulpit, the steps that ascended from
the Temple level to the Castle of Antonia. His audience, the frenzied
crowds who filled the co...
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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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Paul's First Defense
Since his audience was primarily Jewish, Paul addressed them as
"Brethren and fathers" (Acts 2:29; Acts 7:2; Acts 13:26). The defense
he wants them to hear is much like verbal arg...
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_Hear ye the account. [1] In the Greek, to the apology, or defence.
(Witham) --- St. Paul, in this exordium, as also in Acts vii. 2. shews
himself not ignorant of the art of pleading. He adds the name...
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Paul now proceeds to vindicate himself by relating his experience,
giving his Cilician nativity and his education in Jerusalem at the
feet of Gamaliel, the champion theologian, his identity with the
p...
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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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_ST. PAUL’S DEFENCE_
‘Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now
unto you.,
Acts 22:1
We recall the scene on the stairs mentioned in the last chapter. The
excited crowd, the cru...
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Though we may guess by the beginning of this speech what was Paul’s
drift, yet because he was interrupted, we know not certainly what he
was about to say. The sum of that part which is refitted is t...
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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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MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS,.... A common form of address used by the
Jews; see Acts 7:2 but that the apostle should introduce his speech to
these people in this manner, after they had treated him so i...
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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence _which I make_ now unto
you.
Ver. 1. _Men, brethren, and fathers_] They that spake for themselves
before the Areopagites in Athens, were required to do...
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_Men, brethren, and fathers_ Of whatsoever age, rank, or circumstance
of life you are; _hear ye my defence_ Which ye could not hear before
for the tumult. _And when they heard that he spake in_ their...
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The best defence which a man can make of himself and his conduct often
is to give a plain statement of the providences of God of the reasons
which satisfied his own mind, and which, in his view, ought...
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PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1
Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:...
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AND WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM LICENSE, PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS, AND
BECKONED WITH THE HAND UNTO THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN THERE WAS MADE A
GREAT SILENCE, HE SPAKE UNTO THEM IN THE HEBREW TONGUE, SAYING,
Men,...
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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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" BRETHREN AND FATHERS, HEAR MY DEFENSE BEFORE YOU NOW. "
1. Paul is addressing his fellow Jews - not brethren in Christ.
2. The Greek word for "defense" is apologia and is the root for our
word, ap...
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"Brethren and fathers" Stephen began his defense with the same words
(Acts 7:2)....
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1-11 The apostle addressed the enraged multitude, in the customary
style of respect and good-will. Paul relates the history of his early
life very particularly; he notices that his conversion was who...
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ACTS CHAPTER 23 ACTS 22:1 Paul declareth at large the manner of his
conversion and call to the apostleship. ACTS 22:22 At the very
mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim furiously against him:...
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XXII: 1, 2. (1) “_ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defense,
which I now make to you._ (2) _And when they heard that he spoke to
them in the Hebrew dialect, they kept the greater quiet._” It is
hap...
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Acts 22:1 Brethren G80 and G2532 fathers G3962 hear G191 (G5657) my
G3450 defense G627 before G4314 you...
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“Brethren and fathers, hear you the defence which I now make to
you.”
Paul opened his speech courteously, revealing in the terms of his
address the Jewish respect for the elderly, and a claimed relat...
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_Paul's Hebrew Speech to the Jewish Crowd in the Temple Court from the
steps leading to the Antonia Tower, and the Tumult which succeeded
it,_ 1-23.
Acts 22:1. MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS, HEAR YE MY D...
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BRETHREN AND FATHERS
(Ανδρες αδελφο κα πατερες) Men, brethren, and
fathers. The very language used by Stephen (Acts 7:2) when arraigned
before the Sanhedrin with Paul then present. Now Paul faces a...
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Acts 22:1. _Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I
make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew
tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith),_
Men...
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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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WHEN THEY HEARD HIM SPEAKING TO THEM IN HEBREW. The Aramaic or Chaldee
dialect of Hebrew was the standard language which every Jew could
speak and understand. Even though their "native language" (_see...
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_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...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 22:1. MEN, BRETHREN AND FATHERS.—Or, _brethren and fathers,_
the use of “men” in English being unnecessary. Compare the
commencement of Stephen’s address to the Sanhedrim (Acts...
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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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1 Corinthians 9:3; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Corinthians 12:19; 2 Corinthians
7:11;...
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Defence [α π ο λ ο γ ι α ς]. See on answer, 1 Peter 3:15....
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Hear ye now my defence — Which they could not hear before for the
tumult....
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Here begins the apostle's apology, or defensative plea, which he makes
for himself before the people at Jerusalem, who, in the foregoing
chapter, had so injuriously treated him: In which apologetical...