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Acts 22:16
Acts 22:16
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Agabus's prophecy of the hard usage he should receive from the Jews at
Jerusalem, yet he had his tongue set at liberty, by the permission the…Acts 22 — OverviewActs 22 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeActs 22:1, Paul declares at large how he was converted to the faith, Acts 22:17. and called to his apostleship; Acts 22:22, At the very mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim on him; Acts 22:24, He would have…Acts 22:1-21Acts 22:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryPaul's self-defense before the Jews.
"Brothers and fathers." These words fell from his lips in the Hebrew tongue, and a hush fell upon them. If we desire to be listened to with attention, we must speak to the people…Acts 22:1-21Acts 22:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryPaul's defense of himself to the people.
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
1. On the castle stairs.
2. Addressed to a tumultuous mob, full of passionate, murderous feeling, quelled for the moment by Paul's self-control and the…Acts 22:1-22Acts 22:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryArgument and prejudice.
We have here—
I. AN ADMIRABLE ARGUMENT. Paul, at the inspiration of the moment, made a powerful defense of his position. He showed:
1. That no one could enter into their feelings more…Acts 22:1-22Acts 22:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe testimony of religious experience.
Not now dwelling upon the details of Saul's conversion, treated of for the most part under the consideration of the ninth chapter, we may observe that we have here Paul's own…
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