Acts 22:17 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:17

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

KJV

And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

Retractions on Acts (735)

But it happened that when I was returning to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him. For the trance of the mind, some Codices have a mental ecstasy, others a fear, others an alienation. For what is called …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And it came to pass, that when I was come again to Jerusalem,.... Which was three years after his conversion; for he did not immediately return to Jerusalem, but went into Arabia; and when he returned to Damascus, which was three years after he came to Jerusalem; see Gal 1:17 even while I prayed in the temple; the temple was an house of prayer; hither persons resorted for that purpose; and as the apostle had been used to it, he continued this custom, and during the time of prayer he fell into an ecstasy: I was in a trance: and knew not whether he was in the body, or out of the body: whether this was the time he refers to in 2Co 12:2 is not certain, though probable.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

When I was returned to Jerusalem - From Damascus, and was praying in the temple - Whereby he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer. I was in a trance - Perhaps he might continue standing all the while, so that any who were near him would hardly discern it.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγένετο	Egeneto	It happened	G1096 →
δέ	de	then	G1161 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
ὑποστρέψαντι	hupostrepsanti	having returned	G5290 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Ἰερουσαλὴμ	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem	G2419 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσευχομένου	proseuchomenou	praying	G4336 →
μου	mou	by me	G3165 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἱερῷ	hi'erō	temple	G2411 →
γενέσθαι	genesthai	falling	G1096 →
με	me	I	G3165 →
ἐν	en	into	G1722 →
ἐκστάσει	ekstasei	a trance	G1611 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
leads to
- Revelation 21:10
  And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- Revelation 4:1–2
  After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show…
- 2 Corinthians 12:2–4
  I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
- Revelation 17:3
  And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten…
Through
Acts 26:20
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of…
leads to
- Matthew 3:8
  Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
- Acts 3:19
  Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- 2 Timothy 2:25–26
  He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
- Acts 2:38
  Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.