Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
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Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
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and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.
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Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.
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Passages linked to Acts 9:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 9:21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
- Acts 7:59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Acts 9:2-3 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
- Acts 22:16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
- 1 Corinthians 1:2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
- Romans 10:12-14 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 14. He hath power to bind. We gather by…
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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 And here he hath authority from the chief…
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.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Here Ananias shows the strengh of his excuse; for…
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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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And here he hath authority from the chief priests,....…
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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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain All that call on thy name - That is,…
All that call on thy name - That is, all Christians.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. And here he hath authority, c.] Ananias…
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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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain here he hath authority, &c.--so that the terror not…
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.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Authority… chief priests—The supernatural character of the events…
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.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. all that call on thy name] To call…
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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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) All that call on thy name.—Here again we…
(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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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Upon for on, A.V. That call upon thy name.…
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.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain 14. . . .“to bind all those who call…
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.
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 13
See notes on verse 13
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