Acts 22:1--26:32
Brothers <80> [brethren.]
my <3450> [my. Greek all.]
Aramaic <1446> [in.]
a Jew <2453> [Jew.]
in Tarsus ....... in <1722 5019> [in Tarsus.]
Cilicia <2791> [a city.]
under <3844> [at.]
Gamaliel <1059> [Gamaliel.]
educated <3811> [taught.]
was <5225> [was.]
I persecuted <1377 3739> [I persecuted.]
<5026> [this.]
both ..... and .............. also <2532> [also.]
both ..... and ... whole ............ also <2532 3956> [and all.]
brothers <80> [the brethren.]
As ... was en route <4198> [that.]
It is evident that the apostle considered his extraordinary conversion as a most complete demonstration of the truth of Christianity; and when all the particulars of his education, his previous religious principles, his zeal, his enmity against Christians, and his prospects of secular honours and preferments by persecuting them, are compared with the subsequent part of his life, and the sudden transition from a furious persecutor to a zealous preacher of the gospel, in which he laboured and suffered to the end of his life, and for which he died a martyr, it must convince every candid and impartial person that no rational account can be given of this change, except what he himself assigns; and consequently, if that be true, that Christianity is Divine.
As ... was en route <4198> [that.]
Damascus <1154> [Damascus.]
about ........... around <4012> [about.]
Saul Saul <4549> [Saul.]
why <5101> [why.]
I .... are you ....... I am <1473 1510> [I am.]
whom <3739> [whom.]
saw <2300> [saw.]
Those ......... but <1161> [but.]
What <5101> [What.]
there <2546> [there.]
Since <5613> [when.]
led by the hand <5496> [being.]
man <5100> [one.]
<2152> [a devout.]
well spoken <3140> [having.]
Brother <80> [Brother.]
God <2316> [The God.]
has already chosen <4400> [hath.]
Then ................. to see ..... and <1161 2532 1492> [and see.]
to know ....... Righteous One <1097 1342> [that.]
to hear <191> [hear.]
<2071> [thou shalt.]
of what <3739> [of.]
what <5101> [why.]
Get up <450> [arise.]
calling on <1941> [calling.]
I <3427> [when.]
<3450> [while.]
saw <1492> [saw.]
Hurry <4692> [Make.]
because <1360> [for.]
they ... know <1987> [know.]
beat <1194> [beat.]
witness <3144> [martyr.]
Stephen <4736> [Stephen.]
approving <4909> [consenting.]
Go <4198> [Depart.]
because <3754> [for.]
Away <142> [Away.]
For <1063> [for.]
throwing off <4495> [cast.]
commanding officer <5506> [The chief.]
As the chief captain did not understand Hebrew, he was ignorant of the charge against Paul, and also of the defence which the apostle had made; but as he saw that they grew more and more outrageous, he supposed that Paul must have given them the highest provocation, and therefore, according to the barbarous and irrational practice which has existed in all countries, he determined to put him to the torture, in order to make him confess his crime.
Paul ............ to interrogate ..... him ..... so that ............ at Paul <846 2443 426> [that he should.]
centurion <1543> [the centurion.]
<1487> [Is it.]
By the Roman law, no magistrate was allowed to punish a Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen, arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape, at least a delay of his punishment.
<3708> [Take.]
But <1161> [But.]
It is extremely probable that the inhabitants of Tarsus, born in that city, had the same rights and privileges as Roman citizens, in consequence of a grant or charter from Julius C‘sar, from whom it was called Juliopolis. But if this were not the case, St. Paul's father, or some of his ancestors, might have been rewarded with the freedom of the city of Rome, for his fidelity and bravery in some military service, as Josephus says several of the Jews were; or his father might have obtained it by purchase, as in the instance of the chief captain.
[examined him. or, tortured him.]
commanding officer <5506> [the chief.]
wanted <1014> [because.]
ordered <2753> [commanded.]
looked directly <816> [earnestly.]
Brothers <435> [Men.]
I have lived <1473 4176> [I have.]
Ananias <367> [Ananias.]
strike <5180> [to smite.]
God <2316> [God.]
God did smite him in a remarkable manner; for about five years after this, after his house had been reduced to ashes, in a tumult raised by his own son, he was besieged and taken in the royal palace; where having attempted in vain to hide himself, he was dragged out and slain.
whitewashed <2867> [thou whited.]
and <2532> [for.]
to strike ......................... to be struck <5180> [smitten.]
I did ... realize <1492> [I wist.]
Soon after the holding of the first council at Jerusalem, Ananias, son of Nebedenus, was deprived of the high priest's office, for certain acts of violence, and sent to Rome, whence he was afterwards released, and returned to Jerusalem. Between the death of Jonathan, who succeeded him and was murdered by Felix, and the high priesthood of Ismael, who was invested with that office by Agrippa, an interval elapsed in which this dignity was vacant. This was the precise time when Paul was apprehended; and the Sanhedrin being destitute of a president, Ananias undertook to discharge the office. It is probable that Paul was ignorant of this circumstance.
must ... speak <2046> [Thou.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
were .............. I am ........ I am on trial <1473 1510 2919> [I am.]
concerning ... hope <4012 1680> [of the hope.]
began <1096> [there.]
We find <2147> [We.]
if <1487> [if.]
<2313> [let.]
<2125> [fearing.]
take ... away .... by force <726> [to take.]
Lord <2962> [the Lord.]
Have courage <2293> [Be.]
for <1063> [for.]
must <1163> [must.]
<5100> [certain.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [bound.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [under a curse. or, with an oath of execration.]
to eat <5315> [that.]
Such execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses, they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt. (ch. 25:2, 3.) If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud.
<3588> [which.]
to bring him down ........... his <3704 846 2609> [that he.]
Paul's ............... Paul <3972> [when.]
came <3854> [he went.]
one <1520> [one.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
something <5100> [something.]
took <1949> [took.]
What <5101> [What.]
Jews <2453> [The Jews.]
as <5613> [as.]
not .... persuade <3982 3361> [do not.]
lying in ambush ........................... waiting <1063 1748 4327> [for.]
bound ... with an oath <332> [an oath.]
two .... centurions <1417 1543> [two centurions.]
by <575> [at.]
About nine o'clock in the evening, for the greater secrecy, and to elude the cunning, active malice of the Jews.
[beast.]
Felix <5344> [Felix.]
governor <2232> [the governor.]
Excellency <2903> [the most.]
greetings <5463> [greeting.]
was seized <4815> [was taken.]
had learned <3129> [having.]
controversial questions <2213> [questions.]
but <1161> [but.]
When ... was informed <3377> [it was.]
ordering <3853> [and gave.]
<4517> [Farewell.]
in accordance with <2596> [as.]
delivered <325> [delivered.]
they ... presented <3936> [presented.]
asked <1905> [he asked.]
Cilicia <2791> [Cilicia.]
when <3752> [when.]
in <1722> [in.]
palace <4232> [judgment.]
five <4002> [five.]
Ananias <367> [Ananias.]
an attorney <4489> [orator.]
brought formal charges <1718> [informed.]
through ............ through <1223> [Seeing.]
Felix, bad as he was, had certainly rendered some services to Judaea. He had entirely subdued a very formidable banditti which had infested the country, and sent their captain, Eliezar, to Rome; had suppressed the sedition raised by the Egyptian impostor (ch. 21:38); and had quelled a very afflictive disturbance which took place between the Syrians and Jews of C‘sarea. But, though Tertullus might truly say, "by thee we enjoy great quietness," yet it is evident that he was guilty of the grossest flattery, as we have seen both from his own historians and Josephus, that he was both a bad man and a bad governor.
Most excellent <2903> [most.]
have found <2147> [we have.]
who stirs up .......... and <2795 5037 2532> [and a mover.]
sect <139> [the sect.]
Nazarenes <3480> [Nazarenes.]
He ... tried <3985> [gone.]
<3739> [whom.]
even ....... so <2532> [and.]
<5506> [the chief.]
<4183> [great.]
<2753> [Commanding.]
When ... examine <350> [by.]
gestured <3506> [had.]
many <4183> [many.]
"Felix, made procurator over Judea, A.D. 53."
a judge <2923> [a judge.]
I ... make ... defense <626> [I do.]
<2228> [but.]
to worship <4352> [to worship.]
I confess <3670> [I confess.]
according to ............. according <2596> [after.]
a sect <139> [heresy.]
<3779> [so.]
God <2316> [the God.]
believing <4100> [believing.]
according to ............. according .... law ...... in <2596 3551 1722> [in the law.]
have <2192> [have.]
going <3195> [that.]
<4160> [to bring.]
offerings <4376> [offerings.]
<3754> [Touching.]
<197> [having.]
Felix ............... When <5344 3752> [When.]
have .... and <5037 2532 2192> [and to.]
him ........... his ..... his <846> [his.]
he sent for <3343> [he sent.]
faith <4102> [the faith.]
<846> [he.]
righteousness <1343> [righteousness.]
and <2532> [temperance.]
judgment <2917> [judgment.]
Felix <5344> [Felix.]
Go away <4198> [Go.]
<1161> [when.]
hoping <1679> [hoped.]
for this reason <1352> [wherefore.]
two years <1333> [two.]
Porcius Festus <4201 5347> [Porcius Festus.]
Porcius Festus was put into the government of Judea in the sixth or seventh year of Nero. He died about two years afterwards, and was succeeded by Albinus.
wanted <2309> [willing.]
province <1885> [into.]
province <1885> [the province.]
By the province, Judea is meant; for after the death of Herod Agrippa, Claudius thought it imprudent to trust the government in the hands of his son Agrippa, who was then but seventeen years of age; and therefore, Cuspius Fadus was sent to be procurator. And when afterwards Claudius had given to Agrippa the tetrarchy of Philip, he nevertheless kept the province of Judea in his own hands, and governed it by procurators sent from Rome.
he went up <305> [he.]
Requesting <154> [desired.]
to do <4160> [laying.]
So <3767> [them.]
<1536> [if.]
more than ... or ten days <4119 2228 1176 2250> [more than ten days. or, as some copies read no more than eight or ten days. sitting.]
no ....... or ..... or <3754 3777> [Neither.]
wanting .......... Are you willing <2309> [willing.]
I <1510> [I stand.]
Every procurator represented the emperor in the province over which he presided; and as the seat of government was at Cesarea, St. Paul was before the tribunal where, as a Roman citizen, he ought to be judged.
If ... I am in the wrong ................. if <1487 91> [if I.]
not one ......... no one <3762> [no man.]
I appeal <1941> [I appeal.]
An appeal to the emperor was the right of a Roman citizen, and was highly respected. The Julian law condemned those magistrates, and others, as violaters of the public peace, who had put to death, tortured, scourged, imprisoned, or condemned any Roman citizen who had appealed to Cesar. This law was so sacred and imperative, that, in the persecution under Trajan, Pliny would not attempt to put to death Roman citizens, who were proved to have turned Christians, but determined to send them to Rome, probably because they had appealed.
You have appealed .... to <1909 1941> [unto Cesar shalt.]
King <935> [king.]
pay ... respects <782> [to.]
was <1096> [when.]
<2983> [and have.]
<4160> [without.]
a man <5100> [certain.]
religion <1175> [superstition.]
who was dead <2348> [which.]
was at a loss ..... investigate ............ to ....... on <639 1519 5127 4012 2214> [doubted of such manner of questions. or, was doubtful how to enquire hereof, etc. I asked.]
when ... appealed <1941> [had.]
decision <1233> [hearing. or, judgment. Augustus.]
I ordered <2753> [I commanded.]
with .......... with <3326 4862> [with.]
and ....... and ............ and <2532> [at.]
King Agrippa <935 67> [King Agrippa.]
King Agrippa was the son of Herod Agrippa; who upon the death of his uncle Herod, king of Chalcis, A.D. 28, succeeded to his dominions, by the favour of the emperor Claudius. Four years afterwards, Claudius removed him from that kingdom to a larger one; giving him the tetrarchy of Philip, that of Lysanias, and the province which Varus governed. Nero afterwards added Julias in Peraea, Tarichaea, and Tiberias. Claudius gave him the power of appointing the high priest among the Jews; and instances of his exercising this power may be seen in Josephus. He was strongly attached to the Romans, and did every thing in his power to prevent the Jews from rebelling; and when he could not prevail, he united his troops to those of Titus, and assisted at the siege of Jerusalem. After the ruin of his country, he retired with his sister Berenice to Rome where he died, aged 70, about A.D. 90.
about <4012> [about.]
ought <1163> [that he.]
had done <4238> [committed.]
Emperor <4575> [Augustus.]
The honourable title of [Sebastos <\\See definition 4575\\>,] or Augustus, that is venerable or august, which was first conferred by the senate on Octavius Caesar, was afterwards assumed by succeeding Roman emperors.
especially <3122> [specially.]
You <4671> [Thou.]
held out <1614> [stretched.]
defense <626> [answered.]
<1492> [because.]
to listen <191> [to hear.]
<3303> [manner.]
<3588> [which.]
if <1437> [if.]
that <3754> [that.]
party <139> [sect.]
on trial <2919> [am.]
promise <1860> [the promise.]
our <2257> [our.]
<1722> [instantly.]
[day and night. Gr. night and day. hope.]
Concerning <4012> [For.]
<1163> [that.]
name <3686> [the name.]
And ..... I did ....... I <4160 2532 1473> [I also.]
saints <40> [the saints.]
received <2983> [having.]
punished <5097> [I punished.]
tried to force <315> [compelled.]
was .... enraged <1693> [mad.]
was going <4198> [as.]
with <3326> [with.]
noon <2250> [mid-day.]
than <5228> [above.]
Aramaic <1446> [in.]
Saul Saul <4549> [Saul.]
<4642> [hard.]
I .... are you ....... I am <1473 1510> [I am.]
get up <450> [rise.]
to designate <4400> [to make.]
a servant <5257> [a minister.]
<3739> [in the.]
will rescue <1807> [Delivering.]
Gentiles <1484> [the Gentiles.]
to open <455> [open.]
turn <1994> [and to.]
and .... power .............. and <2532 1849> [and from.]
their ..................... they <846> [that they.]
a share <2819> [inheritance.]
are sanctified <37> [sanctified.]
by faith <4102> [faith.]
King <935> [O king.]
I was not <1096 3756> [I was not.]
first <4412> [first.]
and ...... Jerusalem ...... and ......... and <2532 5037 2414> [and at.]
and ........... and .... Gentiles ...... and <2532 5037 1484> [and then.]
repent <3340> [repent.]
turn <1994> [turn.]
performing <4238> [and do.]
Jews <2453> [the Jews.]
have experienced <5177> [obtained.]
<3140> [witnessing.]
nothing <3762> [none.]
prophets <4396> [the prophets.]
Christ <5547> [Christ.]
first <4413> [the first.]
<3195> [and should.]
defense <626> [spake.]
Festus <5347> [Festus.]
Paul <3972> [Paul.]
I have not lost ... mind <3105 3756> [I am not.]
most excellent <2903> [most.]
words <4487> [words.]
king <935> [the king.]
<5124> [this thing.]
Do you believe ......... you believe <4100> [believest.]
In <1722> [Almost.]
whether <302> [I would.]
not <3756> [that not.]
except <3924> [except.]
king <935> [the king.]
This man <3778 444> [This man.]
he had ... appealed <1941> [appealed.]
