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Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."
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A Declaration of Christ's Deity
Commentators like John Calvin and John Gill explain that the phrase "all that call upon thy name" is a powerful statement about Jesus's divinity. In the Old Testament, "calling on the name of the Lord" was an act of worship reserved for God. Early Christians using this language for Jesus shows they prayed to Him and trusted Him as God.
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Acts
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have heard by many, etc. This was in the vision, Acts 9:10. The passage of such a train of thoughts through the mind was perf…
Hath authority (εχε εξουσιαν). Probably Ananias had received letters from the Christians left in Jerusalem warning him of the comi…
19th Century
Anglican
All that call on thy name.—Here again we have to trace the growth of a new terminology. The description of the disciples …
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Baptist
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, L…
Ananias was a Jew of Damascus and a believer in Jesus. Here (v.10) he is called a “disciple” and is presented as one who immediately recognizes the…
16th Century
Protestant
He has power to bind. We gather from these words that the fame of the persecution which Saul carried out was spread far and wide; for this…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And here he has authority from the chief priests His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, …
A good work was begun in Saul when he was brought to Christ's feet with those words, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And Christ never …
