Atos 9:6-22 NVT

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:11

And the Lord said unto him, arise ,.... Quickly, directly, immediately, from off thy bed; the case required haste and dispatch: and go into the street which is called Straight ; a street in the city of Damascus so called; the streets of cities were called by different names, to distinguish them as ours now are. So in Jerusalem there was the street of the house of God, which led to the temple, Ezra 10:9 and the upper street, in which idolatrous Gentiles, and such as were fullers by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:12

And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias ,.... Some read this verse in a parenthesis, and take them to be the words of Luke the historian; but it is rather a continuation of the words of Christ, telling Ananias, for his greater encouragement to go to Saul, that he had seen him in a vision, and had knowledge both of his person, and of his name, and of what he was to do to him; for in the vision or dream, he had been represented to him as coming in ; to the house, and into the room... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:13

Then Ananias answered, Lord ,.... Though Ananias knew that it was the Lord that spoke, and acknowledged his power and dominion, and expressed his readiness to obey his commands; yet there was a timidity in him, and which was the more inexcusable, that it should appear after the Lord had told him of the vision which Saul had had of him; and yet still he was fearful of putting himself into his hands, who had been so violent a persecutor; and therefore obliquely excuses himself, by observing... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:14

And here he hath authority from the chief priests ,.... His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, but he had received a commission from the sanhedrim to go to Damascus, where he now was: to bind all that call on thy name ; to take up all such persons and put them in bonds, and carry them bound to Jerusalem, whom he should find either praying to Christ, as God, as the first Christians used to do, and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ; or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:15

But the Lord said unto him, go thy way ,.... The Syriac version reads, "arise, go thy way"; make no delay, nor any excuse, there is no reason for it; nothing is to be feared from him: for he is a chosen vessel unto me ; a choice and excellent one, full of the heavenly treasure of the Gospel, full of the gifts and graces of the Spirit, and so very fit and richly qualified for the use and service of Christ; and was כלי חמדתה , "a vessel of desire", or a desirable one, as the Jews speak... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:16

For I will show him ,.... In vision, and by prophecy, either now, or hereafter; or by facts, as they come upon him: how great things he must suffer for my name's sake ; such as weariness, pain, and watchings, hunger, thirst, fastings, cold, and nakedness, perils on various accounts, and from different quarters, stripes, scourges, imprisonment, shipwreck, stoning, and death, of which he himself gives a detail, 2 Corinthians 11:23 so that Ananias had no reason to be afraid to go to him,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:17

And Ananias went his way ,.... He arose from off his bed or seat, where he was, went out of his house, and on the way to the place where Saul was; he had nothing more to say, his objections were answered; there was no room to excuse himself, nor did he now desire it, but quietly yields, and cheerfully obeys: and entered into the house ; or "that house", the house of Judas, where Saul was, and whither Ananias was directed, Acts 9:11 and putting his hands on him ; on Saul, in the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:18

And immediately there fell from his eyes, as it had been scales ,.... Which were little thin skins or films, like the scales of fishes, which were formed from the defluxions that fell from his brain, through the excessive light that shone around him, and the surprise he was thrown into by it: these, as soon as Ananias put his hands upon him, dropped off; which were an emblem and representation of the scales of ignorance, of himself, of sin, of righteousness, of the law, of the Gospel, and of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:19

And when he had received meat ,.... Which was set before him when he had received his sight, and after he was baptized, of which he had not tasted for three days: he was strengthened ; in body, being before very weak and feeble; not so much through fatigue of his journey, as through the fear and surprise the appearance of Christ to him, and his words, threw him into; as also through his fasting so long, and his continuance and constancy in prayer all this while, and the attention he gave... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:20

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues ,.... The Syriac version adds, "of the Jews"; that is, which were in Damascus, Acts 9:2 from whence it appears, that he was immediately, as soon as converted, qualified for the work of preaching the Gospel: nor did he confer with flesh and blood, or stand disputing and debating with himself and carnal reason, what was best for him to do; but as soon as he knew Christ himself, he preached him to others, and whom he always made the subject... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 9:20

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