Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Acts: Chapter 22]
to Christianity by a devout Jew and no law-breaker (Lewin).
22:13 {I looked up on him} (\anablepsa eis auton\). First aorist
active indicative and same word as \anablepson\ (Receive thy
sight). Hence here the verb means as the margin of the Revised
Version has it: "I received my sight and looked upon him." For
"look up" see Joh 9:11.
22:14 {Hath appointed thee} (\proecheirisato\). First aorist
middle indicative of \procheiriz•\, old verb to put forth into
one's hands, to take into one's hands beforehand, to plan,
propose, determine. In the N.T. only in Ac 3:20; 22:14; 26:16.
Three infinitives after this verb of God's purpose about Paul:
{to know} (\gn•nai\, second aorist active of \gin•sk•\) his will,
{to see} (\idein\, second aorist active of \hora•\) the Righteous
One (cf. 3:14), {to hear} (\akousai\, first aorist active of
\akou•\) a voice from his mouth.
22:15 {A witness for him} (\martus aut•i\). As in 1:8. {Of
what} (\h•n\). Attraction of the accusative relative \ha\ to the
genitive case of the unexpressed antecedent \tout•n\. {Thou hast
seen and heard} (\he•rakas\, present perfect active indicative
\kai •kousas\, first aorist active indicative). This subtle
change of tense is not preserved in the English. Blass properly
cites the perfect \he•raka\ in 1Co 9:1 as proof of Paul's
enduring qualification for the apostleship.
22:16 {By baptized} (\baptisai\). First aorist middle
(causative), not passive, Get thyself baptized (Robertson,
_Grammar_, p. 808). Cf. 1Co 10:2. Submit yourself to baptism.
So as to \apolousai\, Get washed off as in 1Co 6:11. It is
possible, as in 2:38, to take these words as teaching baptismal
remission or salvation by means of baptism, but to do so is in my
opinion a complete subversion of Paul's vivid and picturesque
language. As in Ro 6:4-6 where baptism is the picture of death,
burial and resurrection, so here baptism pictures the change that
had already taken place when Paul surrendered to Jesus on the way
(verse 10). Baptism here pictures the washing away of sins by
the blood of Christ.
22:17 {When I had returned} (\moi hupostrepsanti\), {while I
prayed} (\proseuchomenou mou\), {I fell} (\genesthai me\). Note
dative \moi\ with \egeneto\ as in verse 6, genitive \mou\
(genitive absolute with \proseuchomenou\), accusative of general
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