Acts Chapter 9 verse 22 Holy Bible
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
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But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.
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But Saul increased the more in power, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
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But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
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But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
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And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - The Christ for very Christ, A.V. The repetition of the phrase ὅτι οῦτός ἐστιν (vers. 20 and 22) is remarkable. As already observed, it presupposes the mention of Jesus, of whom it is thus predicated that he is both "the Son of God" and "the Christ" (comp. Acts 2:32, 36; Acts 4:11, etc.). Observe the incidental proof of the general expectation of the Jews that Christ should come in this description of the apostolic preaching as directed to the one point that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) But Saul increased the more in strength.--The tense implies a continuous growth in power, obviously in the spiritual power which enabled the Apostle to carry on his work. A comparison of dates suggests the connection of this growth with the special vision of 2Corinthians 12:8, when in answer to his prayer that the infirmity which he describes as "a thorn in his flesh, the minister of Satan to buffet him," he received the comforting assurance from the Lord whom he served--"My strength is made perfect in weakness." It is not without interest that in after years St. Paul once and again uses the same verb of himself--"I can do all things in Christ that strengthened me" (Philippians 4:13). It was Christ who "enabled him," or, made him strong, for his ministry (1Timothy 1:12); who "strengthened him" in the closing trials of his life (2Timothy 4:17). By some commentators the words are connected with the journey to Arabia as following on his first appearance as a preacher in the synagogues; but see Note on the previous verse.
