Acts 9:1 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

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ASV

But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

KJV

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And Saul - See the notes on Act 7:58; Act 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, Act 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.

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The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

When as he saith, that he breathed out threatenings and slaughter as yet, his meaning is, that after that his hands were once imbued with innocent blood, he proceeded in like cruelty, and was always a furious and bloody enemy to the Church, after that he had once made that entrance whereof mention is made in the death of Stephen.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The matter of the persecution was threatenings and slaughter. There is persecution in threatenings ( ch. iv. 17, 21 ); they terrify and break the spirit: and though we say, Threatened folks live long, yet those whom Saul threatened, if he prevailed not thereby to frighten them from Christ, he slew them, he persecuted them to death, ch. xxii.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	But	G1161 →
Σαῦλος	Saulos	Saul	G4569 →
ἔτι	eti	still	G2089 →
ἐμπνέων	empneōn	breathing out	G1709 →
ἀπειλῆς	apeilēs	threats	G547 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φόνου	phonou	murder	G5408 →
εἰς	eis	toward	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
μαθητὰς	mathētas	disciples	G3101 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κυρίου,	kuriou	Lord,	G2962 →
προσελθὼν	proselthōn	having gone	G4334 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖ,	archierei	high priest,	G749 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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
1 Timothy 1:13
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
leads to
- Acts 8:3
  But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:13
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
  For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 1:13
  For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
Through
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
leads to
- Ephesians 3:7–8
  I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- 1 Timothy 1:13–15
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11
  I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Through
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
leads to
- Acts 22:3–5
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Acts