Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 22]
time (9:4; 22:7; 26:14). Same question also in each report:
"Why persecuted thou me?" (\Ti me di•keis?\). These piercing
words stuck in Paul's mind.
22:8 {Of Nazareth} (\ho Naz•raios\). The Nazarene, not in 9:5;
26:15 and here because Jesus is mentioned now for the first time
in the address. The form \Naz•raios\ as in Mt 2:23 (which see)
is used also in 24:5 for the followers of Jesus instead of
\Nazar•nos\ as in Mr 1:24, etc. (which see).
22:9 {But they heard not the voice} (\t•n de ph•n•n ouk
•kousan\). The accusative here may be used rather than the
genitive as in verse 7 to indicate that those with Paul did not
understand what they heard (9:7) just as they beheld the light
(22:9), but did not see Jesus (9:7). The difference in cases
allows this distinction, though it is not always observed as just
noticed about 22:14; 26:14. The verb \akou•\ is used in the
sense of understand (Mr 4:33; 1Co 14:2). It is one of the
evidences of the genuineness of this report of Paul's speech that
Luke did not try to smooth out apparent discrepancies in details
between the words of Paul and his own record already in ch. 9.
The Textus Receptus adds in this verse: "And they became afraid"
(\kai emphoboi egenonto\). Clearly not genuine.
22:10 {Into Damascus} (\eis Damaskon\). In 9:6 simply "into the
city" (\eis t•n polin\). {Of all things which} (\peri pant•n
h•n\). \H•n\, relative plural attracted to genitive of antecedent
from accusative \ha\, object of \poi•sai\ (do). {Are appointed
for thee} (\tetaktai soi\). Perfect passive indicative of
\tass•\, to appoint, to order, with dative \soi\. Compare with
\hoti se dei\ of 9:6. The words were spoken to Paul, of course,
in the Aramaic, Saoul, Saoul.
22:11 {I could not see} (\ouk eneblepon\). Imperfect active of
\emblep•\, I was not seeing, same fact stated in 9:8. Here the
reason as "for the glory of that light" (\apo t•s dox•s tou
ph•tos ekeinou\). {Being led by the hand} (\cheirag•goumenos\).
Present passive participle of \cheirag•ge•\, the same verb used
in 9:8 (\cheirag•gountes\) which see. Late verb, in the N.T.
only in these two places. In LXX.
22:12 {A devout man according to the law} (\eulab•s kata ton
nomon\). See on ¯2:5; 8:2; Lu 2:25 for the adjective \eulab•s\.
Paul adds "according to the law" to show that he was introduced
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