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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-43

PART SECOND. THE CHURCH IN TRANSITION FROM JEWS TO GENTILES, Acts 8:5 to Acts 12:25. Through this Second Part of his history Luke traces in perfectly regular progress the successive steps by which Christianity emerges from her Jewish trammels into a free and universal Church. The Samaritans are first evangelized, and the eunuch is the first apostle to Africa. The Gentile apostle is next converted and put in preparation for his work. Peter, emerging from Jerusalem, is taught by the case of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:2

2. Letters When the Romans, on their way to universal empire, first began to spread into the East, the Jews, providentially, had occasion to seek them for friends and allies, and accordingly to render them preeminent services. In return the Roman emperors, for many years, conferred on the Jewish hierarchy, especially the high priest, peculiar powers and privileges. The first of the emperors, the celebrated Julius Cesar, led the way. He proclaimed a decree throughout the empire, in which,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:3

3. There shined… a light The rationalistic solutions of the events of Saul’s conversion, in order to exclude miracle, are valid only on the assumption that there is no supernatural. He who accepts the miracle of Christ’s incarnation, and the whole supernaturalism therewith connected, has no difficulty with the supernaturalism of this one narrative. Shined Rather περιηστραψεν , flashed round about him like lightning; yet περιλαμψαν , in Acts 26:13, shining around, like a lamp or... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:4

4. He fell They were also “all fallen to the earth,” (Acts 26:14.) But while the others, immediately recovering, “stood speechless,” (Acts 9:7,) the more deeply smitten Saul rose not until bidden, (Acts 9:8.) Saul, Saul Solemnly reiterated and in the sacred “Hebrew tongue,” (Acts 26:14.) The utterance of his personal name by the divine voice individualized his whole being; called him out from the human race as sole and peculiar. Repeated, that call was secured from mistake and emphasized... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:4-8

4-8. Of what follows there are two parallel accounts besides in Acts 22:7-12, and Acts 26:14-16; and between the three, critics have endeavoured to find contradictions; but the result is confirmatory rather than derogatory to the truth of the history. For all these variations are explainable upon one principle, namely, that Paul was the main object of this Christophany, and the rest of the company were but subordinate witnesses to some vague but supernatural manifestation. Hence, 1. Saul was... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:5

5. The pricks The goad, or goad-points, with which oxen were stimulated and punished, and compelled to submit by their drivers. It was a proverb in antiquity used by AEschylus and other classic poets (as quoted by Dr. Clarke) to describe a vain resistance. Christ, both personally and impersonated in his own on-moving, resistless cause, is, like a relentless driver, requiring Saul’s absolute submission; but Saul, like a refractory bullock, is kicking back, as if to overthrow his true... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:6

6. Trembling and astonished Yet prostrate upon the earth. What… do? The energetic character of Paul speaks out even in his prostrate condition. “He does not,” says Stier, “wail out, ‘Ah! Lord, what have I done?” It may be a deep repentance that ruminates in sorrow over the past; but it is a more effective repentance that seeks, as far as possible, to undo the past by the most earnest use of the future. Arise… go… city Saul’s narrative to Agrippa declares that at this point God gave him... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:7

7. Hearing a voice The Greek word for voice, like our word utterance, may signify either the vocal sound or the articulate words. So a man partially deaf would be said, popularly but truly, to hear and not to hear the same utterance. It is here said they heard, and in Acts 22:9, it is said they heard not, the utterance. Seeing no man They saw not, as Saul did, the speaker. How in the midst of that luminous splendour the form of Jesus loomed forth upon Saul’s sight whether... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:9

9. Without sight We look for the cause of this blindness, which affected Saul alone of this company, less into the region of matter than of soul. It was, perhaps, the powerful collision of spiritual forces, the Divine upon the human, which drove the perceptive power of Saul inward and disabled it from action. Neither did eat nor drink The spirit, forced from external action, concentrated inwardly upon itself. Three days If we contemplate the awful struggle within the mighty spirit of... read more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:10

2. Ananias Baptizes and Authenticates Saul, Acts 9:10-18 . 10. Disciple… Ananias A permanent resident of high reputation (Acts 22:12) at Damascus. How came so settled a Christian there? (See note on Acts 9:19.) read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-43

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