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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:6

THE YOUNG CONVERT’S INQUIRY‘Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?’ Acts 9:6 There is much to learn, and much to imitate, in these words, if you take almost each of them separately. But I want to fasten attention upon the general question. It is not so easy, in after years, to be always saying, ‘Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?’ Therefore, the more cherish it, and honour it, and thank God for it, and hold it precious, and use it, when you have it.Every one who wishes to labour in God’s... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:16

THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE‘For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for My name’s sake.’ Acts 9:16 God is revealing to Ananias His purposes concerning Saul, whom He had just called to his apostleship. He says that he is ‘to bear My name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.’ And we are looking—after those words—to hear what great things he shall do in this mission, when lo! God changes it altogether, and does not say at all what His chosen servant shall do, but... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-2

‘But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.’ The language is very forceful. His rage was not yet satisfied and he had gained a taste for the blood of heretics. ‘Threatening and slaughter’ may carry within it the idea of initial warning, followed by harsh sentence if... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-19

Saul’s Experience on the Damascus Road (9:1-19). read more

Peter Pett

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

The Expansion of The Church As A Result of Persecution (8:1-12:25). How thrilled the Apostles must have been at this stage at the progress of the church. Through the first few years of the infant church they had suffered a few minor discomforts, but they had come through those triumphantly, and the church had continued to grow and grow. Jerusalem was ‘filled with their teaching’ and the work of caring for all the true people of God was now being successfully administered. And then came the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:3-4

‘And as he journeyed, it came about that he drew near to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light out of heaven, and he fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” Making his journey as rapidly as possible it would only be a few days before he saw Damascus ahead of him (Damascus was about one hundred and forty miles north of Jerusalem). And we can imagine the impatience that was filling his heart at the thought of their slow... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:5-6

‘And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but rise, and enter into the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” ’ Saul had been humbled to the ground and now he humbled himself in spirit and asked who it was who was speaking. His reference to ‘Lord’ was an expression of humility before divine authority. He wanted ‘the Lord’ to identify Himself. How could he be persecuting God when his whole life was given to His service? ‘Lord’ was later to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:7

‘And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the sound (voice), but beholding no man.’ The men who travelled with him apparently heard ‘of the sound’ (the same word means sound or voice) but did not understand what it was saying (compare for a similar situation John 12:28-30). And they saw no one but Saul. But the fact that they were ‘speechless’ suggests that they experienced more than the sound. It is clear that something happened that filled them with awe, which suggests... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:8

‘And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.’ Then when Saul picked himself up and opened his eyes he realised that he was blind. And the result was that he had to be led into Damascus by the hand. He was blind both physically and spiritually. All that he had believed in had gone. He saw nothing. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:9

‘And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.’ The condition of blindness lasted ‘three days’. In accordance with usual custom this could mean anything from one and a half days upwards (‘three days’ often signifying part of a day, a day, and part of a day). During that time he did not eat or drink. We can understand that he was traumatised, and that his mind had to take its time to adjust itself to this remarkable experience which had turned all his thinking upside down,... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:6

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Acts 9:16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:1-19

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:3-4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:5-6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 9:9

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