Acts 9:1

Acts 9:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
• New International Version (NIV)Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Context of Acts 9:1

Now Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest 2and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.

Acts 9:1 word by word

Ὁ δὲ Σαῦλος ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ κυρίου, προσελθὼν τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• SaulΣαῦλοςSaulos · SaulG4569
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• breathing outἐμπνέωempneō · to breath intoG1709
• threateningsἀπειλήapeilē · threatG547
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• slaughterφόνοςphonos · murderG5408
• againstεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• went untoπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• the high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749

Cross-references for Acts 9:1

• Acts 9:11“Get up and go to the street called Straight,” the Lord said to him, “to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.
• Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 8:3Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
• Acts 22:3He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.
• Acts 26:9In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Galatians 1:13For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
• Philippians 3:6regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I received mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief,
• Psalms 27:12Do not give me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing violence.

Commentaries on Acts 9:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter - The original text is very emphatic, , and points out how determinate Saul was to pursue and accomplish his fell purpose of totally destroying the infant Church of Christ. The mode of speech introduced above is very frequent in the Greek writers, who often express any vehement and hostile affection of the mind by the verb , to breathe, to pant; so Theocritus, Idyll. xxii. ver. 82: , . They came into the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And Saul - See the notes on Acts 7:58; Acts 8:3. He had been engaged be fore in persecuting the Christians, but he now sought opportunity to gratify his insatiable desire on a larger scale. Yet breathing out - Not satisfied with what he had done, Acts 8:3. The word breathing out is expressive often of any deep, agitating emotion, as we then breathe rapidly and violently. It is thus expressive of violent anger. The emotion is absorbing, agitating…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The conversion of Saul. (1-9) Saul converted preaches Christ. (10-22) Saul is persecuted at Damascus, and goes to Jerusalem. (23-31) Cure of Eneas. (32-35) Dorcas raised to life. (36-43) Verses 1-9 So ill informed was Saul, that he thought he ought to do all he could against the name of Christ, and that he did God service thereby; he seemed to breathe in this as in his element. Let us not despair of renewing grace for the conversion of the greatest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is central to the story in Acts. Luke tells the story three times (also 22:1–21; 26:1–29). Paul (Saul) mentions this experience several times in his letters (1 Corinthians 15:8–10; Galatians 1:11–17; Philippians 3:4–11; see 1 Timothy 1:12–17). Saul’s conversion was his call as a prophet and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15–18). No one is beyond God's power to reach, save, and use…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, &c.--The emphatic "yet" is intended to note the remarkable fact, that up to this moment his blind persecuting rage against the disciples of the Lord burned as fiercely as ever. (In the teeth of this, Neander and Olshausen picture him deeply impressed with Stephen's joyful faith, remembering passages of the Old Testament confirmatory of the Messiahship of Jesus, and…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 9:1

• Bigotry
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In the dictionaries

• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• High priest
• Authority
• Confound
• Damascus
• Forthwith
• Kick
• Acts of the Apostles
• Breath; Breathe; Breathing

Commentaries on Acts 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings