使徒行伝 22:21-22 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-21

Paul's defense of himself to the people. I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES . 1. On the castle stairs. 2. Addressed to a tumultuous mob, full of passionate, murderous feeling, quelled for the moment by Paul's self-control and the captain's influence, showing that they feared Rome, though they feared not God, and had no desire to know the truth. 3. The magic of the Hebrew tongue, that is, the Syriac or Aramaic Hebrew, which touched their national sympathies, and at once laid to rest any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-22

Argument and prejudice. We have here— I. AN ADMIRABLE ARGUMENT . Paul, at the inspiration of the moment, made a powerful defense of his position. He showed: 1. That no one could enter into their feelings more perfectly than himself. Was he not a Jew by birth ( Acts 22:3 )? Had he not received a thoroughly Jewish education, at the feet of a Jewish master ( Acts 22:3 )? Had he not been absolutely possessed by a devotedness to the Law, and a corresponding hatred of the new... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-22

The testimony of religious experience. Not now dwelling upon the details of Saul's conversion, treated of for the most part under the consideration of the ninth chapter, we may observe that we have here Paul's own account of it, that is to say, we have his own rehearsal of his conversion, and so far forth religious experience. We may use the opportunity for the purpose of illustrating the right occasion and use of the individual declaring to the world "what the Lord has done for his soul.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-30

The apology. It was a very remarkable promise which our Lord made to his apostles, when, forewarning them that they should be delivered up to councils, and brought before kings and rulers for his sake, he added, "But when they so deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost" ( Mark 13:9-11 ). It is impossible not to see a fulfillment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:18-21

Men's past sins often the unknown determiners of their future life, its opportunities, and its disqualifications. It is possible to take different views of the drift and the intended tenor of this passage. The language of Saul (which Paul now quotes), as found in Acts 22:19 , Acts 22:20 , will be very far from powerless, whether read as a view humbly offered in harmony with the command just laid upon him, or as perhaps is the more probable, in deprecation of it. The passage, however,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:21

Send thee forth for send thee, A.V. The natural understanding of the preceding dialogue is that Saul, when bid depart quickly out of Jerusalem because the Jews would not receive his testimony, was unwilling to obey, and pleaded that surely the Jews must listen to him and be convinced, since they were well aware how hot and zealous a partisan of the Jews he had been, and must see that nothing but a great miracle could have converted him. It was the argument of a young and impetuous man,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:21

Paul's commission to the Gentiles. "I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles." In the narrative given in Acts 9:15 this command is said to have come direct to Ananias, and to have been by him communicated to St. Paul. Of the direct message to St. Paul himself subsequently, at Jerusalem, this appears to be our only account (comp. the narrative in Acts 26:17 ). It is to be noticed that, though St. Paul thus distinctly knew what his mission was, he waited patiently until Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22

They for then, A.V.; voice for voices, A.V. Unto this word . They could not bear the idea of the Gentiles being admitted into the kingdom of God. It was a blow to their pride of exclusiveness. The leveling-up of the Gentiles seemed to be as intolerable as the leveling-down of themselves, as spoken of e.g. Isaiah 1:10 ; Ezekiel 16:45 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22-23

The unreasoning excitement of crowds. The action of this crowd is in most respects similar to that of crowds in all ages and in all districts; but in some of its features it was characteristically Eastern. "A great similarity appears between the conduct of the Jews when the chief captain of the Roman garrison at Jerusalem presented himself in the temple, and the behavior of the Persian peasants when they go to court to complain of the governors under whom they live, upon their oppressions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22-29

Damager and deliverance. At length the latent envy of the Jewish audience breaks forth. "Away with such a man from the earth!" I. DANGER INCURRED IN WITNESS FOR THE TRUTH , ( Acts 22:22-27 .) The wild force of fanaticism has to be encountered again and again. These scenes are a warning against fostering it. It dishonors God, under the pretext of jealousy for his honor; ill treats the innocent; disgraces itself, turning men into wild beasts. II. DIVINE DELIVERANCE... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:1-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 22:22-29

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