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Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Acts 9:11

Paul's First Prayer March 25th, 1855 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "For behold he prayeth" Acts 9:11 . God has many methods of quenching persecution. He will not suffer his church to be injured by its enemies, or overwhelmed by its foes; and he is not short of means for turning aside the way of the wicked, or of turning it upside down. In two ways he usually accomplishes his end; sometimes by the confusion of the persecutor, and at others in a more blessed manner, by his conversion.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 9:1-43

When Alexander the Great conquered the world, he left pockets of Greek culture throughout the world. So these pockets of Greek culture became very influential. And even though the Roman Empire conquered the Grecian Empire, yet the Grecian culture remained as a dominant characteristic throughout the world. So the world was under the Roman Empire, but it was dominated by Grecian culture.Now the Grecian culture was more towards the arts, and in contrast, the Hebrew culture was very legalistic. The... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 9:1-43

Acts 9:1 . Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If what is said by Baronius in the preseding chapter be true, that Saul was now thirty five years of age, which is highly probable, seeing he calls himself Paul the aged, in his subsequent epistle to Philemon, then he must have returned to Cilicia, or gone on some mission of the synagogue, during the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:1-3

Acts 9:1-3And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples.Saul, a persecutorSaul was an educated young man, and that he should engage in the work of persecution strikes us as anomalous and unnatural. In young men we naturally expect a frank concession of freedom to think and generous and chivalrous impulses. We are not much surprised when we find intolerance as men advance in life, for age is conservative, and may be narrow and bigoted. Young men are often sceptical... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:3-19

Acts 9:3-19And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heave.The heavenly lightAs the supernatural reflects the moral in all the miracles of the Bible, so in the conversion of St. Paul. We have here--I. An emblem of the gospel.“a light from heaven.” All knowledge is light. But as the light here was peculiarly dazzling, so the gospel is a special revelation of God’s will. It is heavenly light, because--1. Of its Divine origin. The apostles denied that they preached “cunningly devised... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:4

Acts 9:4He fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? The Lord’s wordI. Consolation. This word is a two-edged sword; it carries comfort to those who are within, and reproof to those who are without. It is spoken to an adversary; but it is spoken for a friend. The first comfort given to fallen man was in a word spoken to his destroyer (Genesis 3:15). In the same way Israel was comforted, “Touch not Mine anointed,” etc. Here, too, the Head will... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:5

Acts 9:5And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? Pressing questions of an awakened mindThe manifestation of Jesus subdued the great man into a little child. He inquires, with sacred curiosity, “Who art Thou, Lord?” and then surrenders at discretion, crying, “What wilt Thou have me to do?”I. The earnest inquirer seeking to know his Lord.1. He is not only willing to learn, but he is eager to be taught. If men were but anxious to understand the truth, they would soon learn it and receive it.2. The subject... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:6

Acts 9:6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will Thou have me to do? Saul of Tarsus convertedThese words--I. Are illustrative of a singular transformation of mind. We would not forget the attendant miracles. There is the light, the voice; but we now would speak of the secret place of the spirit. There shines a more marvellous light; there resounds a voice, which “shakes not the earth only, but also heaven.” This is not the effect of surprise. Astonishment is mingled with it; but it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:7

Acts 9:7And the men who Journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man (text, and Acts 22:9): The sights and sounds of lifeHere is a record of the supernatural in the life of Paul and his companions.The fact that these phenomena were at midday, and that the apostle’s fellow travellers were also sensible of them demonstrates that both the voice and the light were objective realities. The slight discrepancy between the two accounts confirms their authenticity. Identity of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 9:8-9

Acts 9:8-9And Saul arose, and … they led him by the hand. Hand ledA wonderful change in the soul of which this was the symbol.I. The hand yielded.1. Confession of futile character of past opposition. Sense of helplessness.2. Trust in a newly discovered guide.II. The hand grasped. Soldiers accompany Saul, or strangers to him; they yet represented Divine guidance given in weakness. The responsibility of those who offer to guide.III. The hand kept--a type of soul attitude. Continue with Christ.... read more

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