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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 22:23

Cast off their clothes - Their outer garments. Probably they did it now intending to stone him, Acts 7:58.And threw dust into the air - As expressive of them abhorrence and indignation. This was a striking exhibition of rage and malice. Paul was guarded by Roman soldiers so that they could not injure him; and their only way of expressing their wrath was by menaces and threats, and by these tokens of furious indignation. Thus, Shimei expressed his indignation against David by cursing him,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 22:23-24

Acts 22:23-24. And as they cried out In this furious manner; and cast Or tore; off their clothes In token of indignation and horror at this pretended blasphemy: or, as Dr. Whitby thinks, as in the case of Stephen, that they might be ready to stone him; and threw dust into the air Through vehemence of rage, which they knew not how to give vent to; the chief captain Not knowing the particulars of what had passed, but perceiving, by the effect, that Paul had rather exasperated than... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 22:1-29

Paul’s reply to the crowd (21:37-22:29)By his command of the situation, Paul showed much physical courage and mental alertness. One minute he was snatched from a violent death, the next he was able to address a mob of wildly excited Jews who were screaming for his blood. He spoke with such power that a rioting crowd of would-be murderers listened to him in silence (37-40).Paul wanted to show that he was a zealous Jew, called by God to serve him. He told of his Jewish upbringing and education,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 22:23

cried out = were crying out. Greek. kraugazo. See John 18:40 . cast off . Greek. ripto . clothes = outer garments. Greek. himation. Holding them in their hands and tossing them upward. threw = were throwing. Greek. ballo. App-174 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 22:23

And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air.Threw off their garments ... With Adam Clarke we view this as evidence that "Some of them were actually throwing off their clothes, in order to prepare to stone Paul."[24] One wonders if Paul remembered what was done to Stephen, and that now his own life would have been snuffed out on the very spot where they mobbed Stephen, except for the providence of God. Some of Paul's old buddies, no doubt, were in the business... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 22:23-24

Claudius Lysias could not understand why the Jews reacted as they did. If he did not understand Aramaic, his confusion would have been even greater. He could not tolerate a riot, so he decided to get the truth from Paul by threatening him and, if necessary, torturing him. This type of beating, with strips of leather embedded with scraps of bone or metal fastened to a stout wooden handle, usually resulted in death or permanent crippling. [Note: See Witherington, p. 676, for drawings of four... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 22:23-29

Paul’s defense before Claudius Lysias 22:23-29 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 22:1-30

St. Paul’s Defence1-21. St Paul’s Speech to the People. St. Paul was accused of (1) hostility to the Jews, (2) contempt for the Jewish Law, and (3) the desecration of the Temple. He answers all these charges by showing, (1) that he was a Jew by birth, trained by Gamaliel, and so zealous for the Law, that he had been a persecutor of the Christian faith; (2) that his conversion to Christianity was the result of a direct divine revelation, made first at Damascus, and confirmed by a subsequent... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 22:23

(23) Cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air.—The latter gesture would seem to have been a natural relief, as with other Oriental nations, to the violence of uncontrolled passion. It may be, however, that the handfuls of dust were aimed at the Apostle as a sign of loathing (comp. Notes on Acts 18:6; Matthew 10:14); and if we take the English version, the “casting off” their outer garments looked very much like preparing for the act of stoning, as in Acts 7:58. The verb may, however,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 22:1-30

God Shaping Man's Course Acts 22:14 There is one word in this passage which is of supreme importance. It is the keyword of the passage, and all the meaning of the passage depends on it. It is an unusual word in the New Testament in the original, though we are familiar with the word by which it is translated. It looks a simple word, but it is very broad, and deep and full. 'Chosen 'is the word. If it meant only what we are accustomed to read in it, it would mean a great deal. Here was a man who... read more