Acts 9:14

Act 9:14. Τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομά σου, who call upon Thy name) A description of Christians: Act 9:21; 1Co 1:2. By this phrase the LXX. for the most part express that Hebrew one בשם קרא.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Act 9:14 . ὧδε hic et huc (Blass), Act 9:21 τοὺς ἐπικ . τὸ ὄνομά σου note the repeated pronoun and compare 1Co 1:2 s where ἐπικ . is closely joined with ἄγιοι . and on the whole phrase see above Act 2:21

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

here he hath authority, &c.--so that the terror not only of the great persecutor's name, but of this commission to Damascus, had travelled before him from the capital to the doomed spot.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Verse 14. And here he hath authority, c.] Ananias had undoubtedly heard of Saul's coming, and the commission he had received from the chief priests and he was about to urge this as a reason why he should have no connection with so dangerous a man.

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14. He hath power to bind. We gather by these words, that the fame of the persecution which Saul went about was spread far and wide; for which cause his conversion was more famous. Nevertheless, the Lord suffered the faithful to be evil entreated, that the benefit of such sudden deliverance might afterwards be the more excellent. We must mark that speech, when he saith that the godly call upon the name of Christ. For whether you understand it, that inasmuch as they professed that they were Christ’s, they rejoiced therefore in him, or that they used to fly to him for succor, invocation cannot be without sure confidence. By both which the divinity of Christ is not only proved, but also if the second be received, which seemeth to be more natural, we are taught by the example of the faithful, to call upon the name of Christ when he is preached to us.

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(14) All that call on thy name.—Here again we have to trace the growth of a new terminology. The description of the disciples of the Lord Jesus as those who called upon or invoked His name, had its origin in the words of Joel cited by St. Peter (Act_2:21), and afterwards by St. Paul (Rom_10:13). It is used again in Act_9:21, and afterwards in 1Co_1:2; 2Ti_2:22. It may be noted further (1) that the same word is used of calling upon the Father (1Pe_1:17), and of calling on Christ (here and Act_7:59); and (2) that this also, like the term “saints” discussed in the fore going Note, passed from Ananias to St. Paul.

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14. all that call on thy name] To call on Christ is the same as to be a believer in Him. The expression is used as an apposition to “saints” in 1Co_1:2, and thence we see what in the Pauline language was meant by the word “saints.”

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And here he hath authority from the chief priests,.... His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, but he had received a commission from the sanhedrim to go to Damascus, where he now was:

to bind all that call on thy name; to take up all such persons and put them in bonds, and carry them bound to Jerusalem, whom he should find either praying to Christ, as God, as the first Christians used to do, and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ; or professing the name of Christ, or were called by it.

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14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Ver. 14. And here he hath authority] Therefore he was more than 20 years old (as Ambrose and Theodoret make him to be) at his first conversion. For here he hath authority committed unto him, not incident to so very a youth.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Here Ananias shows the strengh of his excuse; for flesh and blood cried in him, as in Moses, Exo 4:13, Send by him whom thou wilt send.

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14. Authority… chief priests—The supernatural character of the events were clearly perceived by Saul’s company; and, however much they may have endeavoured to conceal the mortifying overthrow and conversion of their leader, rumours of the facts could not but be circulated among both Jews and Christians in Damascus.

Call on thy name—A clear declaration that the very peculiarity of the Christian was praying to Jesus.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Upon for on, A.V. That call upon thy name. So also ver. 21; Rom_10:12, Rom_10:13; 1Co_1:2; and above, Act_7:59, this same phrase describes the believer who makes his prayer to the Lord Jesus and trusts in his Name for salvation.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

All that call on thy name - That is, all Christians.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

14. . . .“to bind all those who call on the name of the Lord.” This is the universal designation of God’s people, i. e., calling on the name of the Lord. Prayer moves the arm that moves the world, and turns the key that unlocks heaven.

William B. Godbey, Commentary on the New Testament (1896–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

See notes on verse 13

J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

14. τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομά σου, those that call on thy name. ‘To call on Christ’s name’ is equivalent to being a believer in Him. The expression is found in 1Co 1:2 in apposition to ἅγιοι, and thus we see what in Pauline language is meant by ‘saints’ when used of the whole body of the Christian Church.

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14.] It could hardly fail to have been notified to the Christians at Damascus by their brethren at Jerusalem, that Saul was on his way to persecute them.

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