Verse 10
10. I also did The apostle paints his sad behaviour with a copious accumulation of particulars. Perhaps a true interpretation would reduce some of his indignant and eloquent self-condemnations as hyperboles.
Saints By this striking word here Paul asserts to Agrippa the holy character of his victims, and aggravates his own misdoing.
They… death The plural perhaps for the singular, as it is doubtful whether any person suffered death besides Stephen.
Voice The Greek word signifies the pebble, which (before the invention of the modern paper) was anciently used for voting. Some have inferred from this that young Saul was a member of the Sanhedrin; erroneously, for he was not of sufficient age. Others suppose that his vote was given in the informal consultations that took place. More probably it is a metaphorical use of the word, as we would use the word suffrage to indicate one’s support of a movement.
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