Acts 9:19 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:19-25

Saul at Damascus. I. HIS PREACHING . In those very synagogues where he had determined to make victims of the followers of Jesus, he was found owning and proclaiming his Name. And his proclamation was that Jesus was the Son of God. This was, perhaps, a new truth to the Christian Church—or at least in the clear recognition and definite expression it has now—and must have come with extraordinary power from lips that were learned and eloquent and charged with the profound conviction... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:19-30

The texture of human life. Of how many threads is this human life woven! Through what changeful experiences do we pass, even in a short period of our course! In the brief period—possibly three years—covered by our text, we find Paul undergoing various fluctuations of good and evil. It is suggestive of the nature and character of our common human life. We may gather them up thus— I. THE PLEASANT . Paul had the pleasure of: 1. Congenial fellowship. He was "with the disciples … at... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:19

Had received meat - Food. The word “meat” has undergone a change since our translation was made. It then meant, as the original does, food of all kinds.With the disciples - With Christians, compare Acts 2:42.Order? certain days with the disciples? - Certain days: How long is not known. It was long enough, however, to preach the gospel, Acts 9:22; Acts 26:20. It might have been for some months, as he did not go to Jerusalem under three years from that time. He remained some time at Damascus, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 9:17-19

Acts 9:17-19. And Ananias went his way With all readiness and joy undertook the message, not presuming to object any further; and entered into the house To which he had been so particularly directed; and putting his hands on him According to Christ’s direction, Mark 16:18; said, Brother Saul So he terms him, because he was made a partaker of the grace of God, though not yet baptized; and his readiness to own Saul as a brother intimated to him God’s readiness to own him as a son,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 9:1-19

Conversion of Saul (9:1-19a)The name by which Christianity was known was ‘the Way’ (see 9:2; 19:9,23; 22:4; 24:14,22). Possibly the name originated with the Christians themselves, who believed their movement was the way of the Lord, the way of salvation and the way of life. But to the Christians’ opponents the name represented a movement that had to be destroyed.By this time the gospel had spread north at least as far as the Syrian city of Damascus, which had a large Jewish population. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 9:19

meat = nourishment. Greek. trophe. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:19

19. when he had received meat, he was strengthened—for the exhaustion occasioned by his three days' fast would not be the less real, though unfelt during his struggles. (See on :-). Then was Saul certain days with the disciples at Damascus—making their acquaintance, in another way than either he or they had anticipated, and regaining his tone by the fellowship of the saints; but not certainly in order to learn from them what he was to teach, which he expressly disavows (Galatians 1:12;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:1-19

1. Saul’s conversion and calling 9:1-19aLuke recorded the conversion and calling of Saul of Tarsus to demonstrate the supernatural power and sovereign direction of God. Saul’s conversion was one of the most miraculous and significant instances of repentance that took place during the early expansion of the church. His calling to be God’s main missionary to the Gentiles was equally dramatic. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:1-31

C. The mission of Saul 9:1-31The writer focused our attention next on a key figure in the spread of the Christian mission and on significant events in the development of that mission to the Gentiles. Peter’s evangelization of Cornelius (ch. 10) will continue to advance this theme. Luke has given us three portraits of significant individuals in the evangelization of Gentiles: Stephen, Philip, and now, climactically, Saul. He stressed that Saul’s conversion and calling to be an apostle to the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:8-31

II. THE WITNESS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA 6:8-9:31In this next major section of Acts, Luke narrated three significant events in the life and ministry of the early church. These events were the martyrdom of Stephen, the ministry of Philip, and the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Luke’s presentation of these events was primarily biographical. In fact, he began his account of each event with the name of its major character (Acts 6:8; Acts 8:5; Acts 9:1). The time when these events took place was probably... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:19-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:19-30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 9:17-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 9:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 9:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 9:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:1-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:1-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 9:8-31

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