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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:14

(14) All that call on thy name.—Here again we have to trace the growth of a new terminology. The description of the disciples of the Lord Jesus as those who called upon or invoked His name, had its origin in the words of Joel cited by St. Peter (Acts 2:21), and afterwards by St. Paul (Romans 10:13). It is used again in Acts 9:21, and afterwards in 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:22. It may be noted further (1) that the same word is used of calling upon the Father (1 Peter 1:17), and of calling... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:15

(15) He if a chosen vessel unto me.—Literally, a vessel of election. The term has nothing directly analogous to it in the Old Testament, but it is Hebrew in its form; the second noun being used as a genitive of the characteristic attribute, and so equivalent to an intensified adjective. So in Isaiah 22:7, we have in the LXX. “valleys of election” for the “choicest valleys” of the English version. The term “vessel” is used in the Old Testament of arms (Genesis 27:3), of garments (Deuteronomy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:16

(16) For I will shew him how great things he must suffer . . .—The words are spoken as by One who knows “what is in man” (John 2:25), their secret motives, and springs of action. With characters of a lower type, the prospect of what they will have to suffer in any enterprise tends to deter them from embarking on it. With such a one as Saul of Tarsus, now repenting of the sufferings he had inflicted on others, that prospect would be welcome as enabling him, so far as that was possible, if not to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:17

(17) Putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul.—The correspondence of the act with the vision spoken of in Acts 9:12, would be the first step in the identification of the visitor. The words would tend to remove all doubt and misgiving. The man who came as the representative of the disciples of Jesus welcomed the persecutor as a “brother.” It may be noted that he uses the same Hebrew form of the name as St. Paul had heard in the heavenly vision.That thou mightest receive thy sight . . .... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:18

(18) There fell from his eyes as it had been scales.—The description suggests the thought that the blindness was caused by an incrustation, caused by acute inflammation, covering the pupil of the eye, or closing up the eye-lids, analogous to the “whiteness,” that peeled (or scaled) off from the eyes of Tobit (Tob. 11:13). Like phenomena are mentioned by Hippocrates, and the care with which St. Luke records the fact in this instance, may be noted, with Acts 3:7; Acts 28:8, as one of the examples... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:19

(19) And when he had received meat.—Better, as elsewhere, food. The three days’ fast had obviously brought about a state of extreme prostration. In St. Paul’s account of his conversion in Galatians 1:17, he states that when it pleased God to reveal His Son in him, immediately he “conferred not with flesh, and blood,” but went into Arabia and returned again to Damascus. We have, it is obvious, no certain data for fixing the time, nor the extent of that journey. St. Luke does not mention it, and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:20

(20) And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues.—The “straightway” as interpreted by the inference drawn in the previous Note, must be taken to refer to the Apostle’s first public appearance in the synagogues of Damascus after his return from Arabia. The tense of the verb implies that the work was continued for some length of time. What he had to proclaim was, first, that the Christ was actually and verily the Son of God no less than the Son of David; and, secondly, that Jesus of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:21

(21) That destroyed them which called on this name.—Better, made havock of them. It is noticeable that St. Paul uses the same verb as descriptive of his own conduct in Galatians 1:13, where the English version has “wasted.” On “them which called on this name,” see Note on Acts 9:16.And came hither.—More accurately, had come hither, as implying that the purpose of his coming had been abandoned. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:22

(22) But Saul increased the more in strength.—The tense implies a continuous growth in power, obviously in the spiritual power which enabled the Apostle to carry on his work. A comparison of dates suggests the connection of this growth with the special vision of 2 Corinthians 12:8, when in answer to his prayer that the infirmity which he describes as “a thorn in his flesh, the minister of Satan to buffet him,” he received the comforting assurance from the Lord whom he served—“My strength is... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:23

(23) After that many days were fulfilled.—We learn from the more definite statement in Galatians 1:18 that these few words cover a period of otherwise unrecorded work, extending over a period of three years. That period must have witnessed the growth of a Christian society at Damascus, with an order of discipline and worship based on the outlines of that at Jerusalem. It follows, however, from the subsequent history that, as yet, Gentile converts were not admitted to the Church as such. The... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 9:23

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