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Acts 9:1-2

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. His very breath was hot with malice against the saints, he could...

Acts 9:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,- Notice that little word “yet.” “Saul yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord;” but there was to be a point beyond which he could not go. I pray God that there may be such a “yet” as that put...

Acts 9:2

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. He wanted his hunting-ground enlarged; he had not enough to gratify his malice among the thousands of believers in Jerusalem, so he must go to Damascus to hunt out the Christians...

Acts 9:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: When speaking before Agrippa, Paul said that it was “a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun.” Was it not that very Shekinah which of old had shone forth between the cherubim over the mercy-seat?

Acts 9:3-5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who are thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. So it is when God means to save a man. He will make...

Acts 9:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: The lion is about to leap upon his prey. The sheepfold lies in the valley and the wolf surveys it from the hill-side. “Alas for the Church of God at Damascus!” you and I would have said if we had been there. Act_9:3. And suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: A supernatural blaze, as...

Acts 9:4-5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. There is something very characteristic about Christ’s answer to Saul’s question. He did not say, “It is hard for me;”...

Acts 9:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Most people are converted in a somewhat similar fashion to this. There is “a light from heaven” shining through the gospel upon them, they fall to the ground in penitent self-abasement, and then they hear the voice of the Son of God speaking to their...

Acts 9:5

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he said Who art thou. Lord? And the lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks I do not doubt that he had been already pricked in his conscience, and he had kicked out as an ox kicks against the ox-goad when he is pricked by it to make him go forward. Saul was a man of strong will and determined...

Acts 9:6-8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? 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 men: but they led him by the hand, and...

Acts 9:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? What a sudden change! Before, he knew what he was going to do. He was going to do his own will and wreak his own vengeance, but now it is, “Lord. what wilt thou have me to do? My will is in a moment subdued. What is it thou dost ask of me?”

Acts 9:6-9

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...

Acts 9:6

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...

Acts 9:8-9

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...

Acts 9:9

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;...

Acts 9:10-11

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...

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