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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Acts Chapter 22 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Acts Chapter 22 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. when they heard . . . the Hebrew tongue--(See on
Ac 21:40).
they kept the more silence--They could have understood him in Greek, and doubtless fully expected the renegade to address them in that language, but the sound of their holy mother tongue awed them into deeper silence.
Acts Chapter 22 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. a Jew of Tarsus, brought up in this city, at the feet--(See on
Lu 10:39).
of Gamaliel--(See on
Ac 5:34);
a fact of great importance in the apostle's history, standing in the same relation to his future career as Moses' education in the Egyptian court to the work for which he was destined.
the perfect manner of the law of the fathers--the strictest form of traditional Judaism.
zealous--"a zealot."
toward God as ye all are this day--his own former murderous zeal against the disciples of the Lord Jesus being merely reflected in their present treatment of himself.
Acts Chapter 22 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. I persecuted, &c.--(See on
Ac 9:1,2;
Ac 9:5-7).
Acts Chapter 22 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. the high priest--still alive.
doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders--the whole Sanhedrim.
Acts Chapter 22 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. Jesus of Nazareth--the Nazarene. See on
Ac 9:5.
Acts Chapter 22 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9-11. they that were with me--(See on
Ac 9:7,
&c.)
Acts Chapter 22 12 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
12. Ananias, a devout man, according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there--One would not know from this description of Ananias that he was a Christian at all, the apostles object being to hold him up as unexceptionable, even to the most rigid Jews.
Ac 22:1-30.
PAUL'S DEFENSE FROM THE STAIRS OF THE FORTRESS--THE RAGE OF THE AUDIENCE BURSTING FORTH, THE COMMANDANT HAS HIM BROUGHT INTO THE FORT TO BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING, BUT LEARNING THAT HE IS A ROMAN, HE ORDERS HIS RELEASE AND COMMANDS THE SAMHEDRIM TO TRY HIM.