Acts 9:22 - Exposition

The Christ for very Christ, A.V. The repetition of the phrase ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ( Acts 9:20 and Acts 9:22 ) is remarkable. As already observed, it presupposes the mention of Jesus, of whom it is thus predicated that he is both "the Son of God" and "the Christ" (comp. Acts 2:32 , Acts 2:36 ; Acts 4:11 , etc.). Observe the incidental proof of the general expectation of the Jews that Christ should come in this description of the apostolic preaching as directed to the one point that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ.