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

Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he went to the high priest. 2He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains. 3As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down 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 9:11The Lord said, “Go over to Straight Street, to the house of Judas. When you get there, ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying to me right now.
• Acts 7:58and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 8:3But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison.
• Acts 22:3Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
• Acts 26:9“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.
• Galatians 1:13You know what I was like when I followed the Jewish religion—how I violently persecuted God’s church. I did my best to destroy it.
• Philippians 3:6I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.
• Psalms 27:12Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with 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