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He then remains with them there for a few days. I have seen many converted after the Sauline manner, i. e., filled with the Holy Ghost so they shouted all over the community like Saul throughout Damascus. Christ is an “offering of sweet smelling savour” to men as well as to God. Thus, Paul was specifically named in this passage, upon the occasion of his baptism, as the name-bearer of the new name that God would give unto his people. He “shall bear My name before Gentiles,” etc. "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". And before. "Commentary on Acts 9:15". God has not cast away the best of all His instruments because it was marred and polluted. "He was a chosen instrument in the Lord"s hand, a messenger who would proclaim the good news in Jesus" name more widely than anyone else. Charles Schribner's Sons. Related Media. I. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bnb/acts-9.html. Born at Tarsus, he became master of the Greek tongue and sensible to all that was refined in classic life. -------------------- Used by permission of Broadman Press (Southern Baptist Sunday School Board). "The name of Christ is like ointment poured forth." The antecedents of a man's life may largely betoken its real bent. But He takes a wife from God’s people. He selected the right materials--a Pharisee for the destruction of Pharisaism, a monk for the overthrow of Popery, yet in both cases the right man. Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Acts 16:9-15. II. ἐθνῶν] This would hardly be understood at the time: it was afterwards on a remarkable occasion repeated to Paul by the Lord in a vision (see ch. 1. If we side with the reverent, we are in the depths too deep for this. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". BibliographyNicoll, William R. "Commentary on Acts 9:15". The world and a worldly Church aggravate the difficulty of the returning sinner. 1897. The world has a strange power of hardening the soul into an unbending frame. This especially was to be the chief work of the God-appointed missionary. And although Christians in their original state are not a whir better than other men, yet by holding fellowship with Him whose “garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia,” they catch the fragrance. (J. The brain of the rustic is coarse and gritty, whereas that of the man of genius is fine, smooth, silky, and sensitive. The children of Israel. Jeremiah 22:28, where it is said of king Coniah that he is ὡς σκεῦος οὖ οὐκ ἔστι χρεία. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary. BibliographyGodbey, William. A poor broken cup may hold the water that saves the life of a dying man, and the humblest Christian may carry Christ’s name to a perishing sinner. II. So in Jeremiah 22:7; : They shall cut down the choice cedars, ארזיך מבחר וכרתו vecaretu Mibchar arazeyca ; και εκκοψουσι τας εκλεκτας κεδρους σου, Sept. Article Images Copyright © 2020 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The rivers are waste pipes for carrying back the soiled water that it may be purified for subsequent use. In nature the shallowest lake, provided it be full, sends up as many clouds as the deepest, for the same sunlight beams equally on both their bosoms. 1. 3. At last he made some of the chosen vessels, and these have borne his name among nations and kings even to this day. But of the two the latter is the more efficient. By these means was Paul, as the noblest Damascus blade, forged at Damascus, and Luther in the cloister cell at Erfurt.II. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. 1. Heretofore he was in the service of the great enemy, and was the ablest and the most dangerous opponent the young Church had yet encountered. 3. What then prompted him so powerfully to bear the name of Christ to perishing millions? Convinced not that this is the Lord truly directing him, he goes to the street called Straight, and inquires at the house of Judas for Saul. 6, § 34. A CHOSEN vessel. Wisdom Literature This was done. Saul has arrived in Damascus, but he is a transformed man from the Saul that had left Jerusalem, breathing out murderous thoughts against the church. And although Christians in their original state are not a whir better than other men, yet by holding fellowship with Him whose "garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia," they catch the fragrance.3. Such was the case of Joan of Arc, who, the historian says, grew beautiful when the great idea entered her. (2)When the need of the Church was deepest.3. Conscience was keen and strong in him, and scrupulous fidelity to its voice marks his whole career. He is one who welcomes that expansion of the kingdom on which even the chief of the Apostles would have entered, but for the voice from heaven, with doubt and hesitation (Acts 10:13; Acts 10:28). "Commentary on Acts 9:15". Literally, ‘a vessel of election.’ This is a Hebrew form of expression. The doctrine of election has been wrongly taught and falsely apprehended. A great house has some choice vessels, preferred for their size, strength, or beauty. But only when he received the unction from the Holy One did he fill the world with his perfume. To be ever getting, ever giving, is the only way of keeping both the vessel and its treasure sweet. This is our security alike for safety and usefulness. But as he began to think for himself he was emptied of one thing after another, till he was left with nothing in which he could trust. Chemical analysis, it is said, discovers considerable difference in the quality of human brains. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". Share this page using one of these tools: Email / username or password was incorrect! To bear my name before the Gentiles.—The mission of the Apostle was thus revealed to Ananias in the first instance. It then denotes “any instrument which may be used to accomplish a purpose, perhaps particularly with the notion of conveying or communicating.” In the Scriptures it is used to denote the “instrument” or “agent” which God employs to convey his favors to mankind, and is thus employed to represent the ministers of the gospel, 2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:4. IN THE CHOICE OF JESUS WE STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF THE ULTIMATE MYSTERIES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AND HUMAN RELATION TO GOD. In his intellect. The word here rendered vessel often signifies instrument or organ; an instrument for carrying something. Bernard Palissy once saw a white enamelled cup, and resolved to discover the secret of so beautifying vessels. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/acts-9.html. God even then thought of the purpose to Which he was to be devoted, and proceeded to fashion him accordingly. lib. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Before, literally in the face of, Gentiles and kings. Then the name of Christ filled his soul, and he longed to bear it to the heathen around him (comp. The greatest knowledge is always the best instructor of ignorance.3. Many a face deformed by lifelong hardship and disease has been brightened outwardly from inward joy and goodness. The word here rendered "vessel" may also be translated "instrument," but either reading gives a good sense. In the former it is the constant form for rendering the infinitive with ל . It is easier to speak of Christ to the Gentiles than to kings, and to kings than to His own chosen people. Its startling anomalies presented to our view in closest juxtaposition, its sudden appearance in the most unexpected place, and its equally conspicuous and impressive absence, speak the mystery of sovereignty. See Bp. Major Prophets When shall the "beauty of holiness" find as passionate admirers as the beauty of art has in all our cities? He forged them in the right fire. As before Agrippa (Acts 26:1; Acts 26:32) and at Rome in consequence of the appeal unto Cæsar. Acts 9:15. σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς, cf. "Commentary on Acts 9:15". ‘But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:’ Acts 9:15. He was "separated unto God from his mother's womb." the children of Israel; the Jews, to whom he first preached it; but when they put it away he turned to the Gentiles, and afterwards, before the Jews, he bore a testimony for it.