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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth: and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the head, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? This was a very natural question from one who had always tried to live by doing. He had been a work-monger up to that very moment, so he naturally cried, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Act_9:6. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the men which journeyed with him,.... Out of respect to him, to keep him company; or rather to assist him in his designs: stood speechless: astonished and amazed, they had not power to speak one word, nor to rise from the ground, and move one step forward; they were as if they were thunderstruck, and fastened to the earth; for this standing is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,- They were struck with astonishment, — Act_9:7. Hearing a voice, but seeing no man. A loud voice stunned their ears, but they could not understand its message.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Saul arose from the earth,.... As he was bid by Christ, Acts 9:6 and when his eyes were opened he saw no man; neither Christ, who appeared to him from heaven, whom he had before seen, nor even any of his companions, nor indeed any object: the Syriac version renders it, "he saw nothing"; not anything at all; and the Ethiopic version, "he could...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. What a whirl of anguish must his mind have been in all that time! The panorama of Stephen’s martyrdom and of the holy men and women against...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he was three days without sight,.... Without bodily sight; for otherwise all this while his spiritual sight was increasing, and Christ was giving him by his Spirit a full view of himself, his state and case, and where his salvation was; and a clear insight into the doctrines of the Gospel, which he is said to have by the revelation of Christ,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. What passed through that mind, which was darkened to natural light, but was being filled with spiritual light, we can well guess; I mean, those of us who have experienced true conviction of sin. In those three days, he lived over again his life of opposition to the Lord Jesus;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus,.... Who perhaps came hither upon the persecution at Jerusalem, or rather might have lived here some time; Acts 9:13 that he was more than a private or ordinary disciple of Christ seems manifest, from his being sent to Saul on such an, important affair; from his putting his hands upon him, upon which he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, He had been a praying man for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; One of those to whom Paul had intended to pay his cruel respects. Act_9:10. And to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold I am here, Lord. A grand way to be able to answer the Lord at all times. May we never be, dear friends, where we shall be ashamed to say, “Behold,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, God knows where every sinner...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord said unto him, arise,.... Quickly, directly, immediately, from off thy bed; the case required haste and dispatch: and go into the street which is called Straight; a street in the city of Damascus so called; the streets of cities were called by different names, to distinguish them as ours now are. So in Jerusalem there was the street...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: The Lord knows the whereabouts of his people. He knows your whereabouts tonight, young man. I only trust that though you are an opponent of the gospel, he has brought you here on purpose that you may...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias,.... Some read this verse in a parenthesis, and take them to be the words of Luke the historian; but it is rather a continuation of the words of Christ, telling Ananias, for his greater encouragement to go to Saul, that he had seen him in a vision, and had knowledge both of his person, and of his name,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. You see how true revelations fit into each other. Something is revealed to Ananias, and it is also revealed to Saul, and therefore it is proved to be true. Some years ago, a brother told me that he had had it revealed to him that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Ananias answered, Lord,.... Though Ananias knew that it was the Lord that spoke, and acknowledged his power and dominion, and expressed his readiness to obey his commands; yet there was a timidity in him, and which was the more inexcusable, that it should appear after the Lord had told him of the vision which Saul had had of him; and yet...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of...