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God's Plan Overrides Ours
Commentators emphasize that Paul's personal desire was to witness in Jerusalem, but Jesus directly intervened. This shows that God's sovereign plan can override our own sincere intentions. As Matthew Henry notes, we must entrust ourselves to God's guidance, because His providence often plans better for us than we do for ourselves, even when it contradicts our will.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 22:18
18th Century
Theologian
And saw him. Evidently the Lord Jesus (Acts 22:14). He had received his commission from him, and he now received a distinct co…
AT Robertson
On Acts 22:18
Saw him saying (ιδειν αυτον λεγοντα). The first visit after his conversion when they tried to kill him in Jerusalem (9:29).
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 22:18
19th Century
Bishop
Get thee quickly out of Jerusalem.—It is obvious that this fits in better with the first hurried visit after St. Paul’s c…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 22:18
Paul’s commission at Damascus to be God’s witness “to all men” was reaffirmed and amplified in a vision he received as he was praying in the temple…
John Calvin
On Acts 22:18
16th Century
Theologian
Because they will not. Though the commandment of God alone ought to be sufficient to bind us to obey, yet so that Paul might be more willi…
John Gill
On Acts 22:18
17th Century
Pastor
And I saw him saying unto me
That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, that just One, whom he had seen in his way to Damascus,…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 22:12–21
17th Century
Minister
The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, so that he should know his will, h…