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Acts 9:1-20
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative texts about Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
| Chapter XII, The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
| III.XII.9, III.XV.1, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter
XIII, On Baptism, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
| V.1, Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 212) |
| Chapter
XIV, On Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| III.II.5, First
Principles (De Principiis), Origen.
(c.225) |
| I.12, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Origen.
(c.228) |
| Book II,
Chapter 1, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Paul begins immediately to
execute the office which was given and commanded to him, never
consulting with flesh and blood." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "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?" |
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| Saul's Conversion
(John 9:22): sermon by George Whitefield. |
| From Wesley's Notes.
| "And he was three days
- An important season! So long he seems to have been in the pangs of
the new birth." |
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| "Paul's
First Prayer," Acts 9:11, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1855. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "[Paul] was of the tribe of
Benjamin (Phil.
3:5); his father, though a Jew, had been admitted to Roman
citizenship, and Paul was therefore a "Roman" (Acts
22:28); he was born at Tarsus, a Grecian city, the capital of
Cilicia; there he had become familiar with Grecian literature, as
well as educated in the law; at what time we know not, but while
still young he went to Jerusalem to study in the great Rabbinical
schools, and had the celebrated Gamaliel for his teacher (Acts
22:3); he had, according to Jewish custom, learned a trade,
being a tent-maker (Acts
18:3); he was a Pharisee after the strictest manner of the sect
(Acts
23:6)." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Blogging
toward Sunday, Walter Brueggemann, Acts 9:1-20, Theolog: The Blog of
The Christian Century.
| "Neither Paul nor anyone around him
expected the newness of the world under the God of life to be easily
received amid systems of death. But it is precisely such an
“impossibility” that Easter enacts, an impossibility beyond all our
'possibilities' (see Mark 10:27)." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C First Reading Acts Passages
from the Lectionary,"
Easter 4, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Conversion may indeed
miss the mark in describing what happened. It certainly does if we reduce
it to meaning recruitment or even if we think it just means turning to God
so that one will be saved or safe. There is a good case for speaking
instead of Paul's call." |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Acts 9:1-6, (7-20), Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity." |
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"The
Conversion of Paul," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Saving Saul,"
Heidi A. Peterson, The Christian Century,
2001. Religion Online.
| "The lasting mark of conversion is not
one date circled in red on the calendar, but the whole story of one’s
life." |
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"Turn in
the Road," Mary Schertz, The Christian Century, 2004.
| "Christians tend to compare their
personal conversion experiences to Saul’s encounter on the road to
Damascus..." |
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"I
am Jesus Whom You Persecute," Kosuke Koyama, The Christian
Century, 1989. At Religion Online.
| "An unexpected halt is a
religious experience if it occasions a discontinuity in one’s
identity. Discontinuity, whether spiritual or physical, presents a
crisis, a moment of truth. Is not this what religion is essentially
about?" |
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"Called -- To
Suffer,"
Expository Essay,
Acts 9:1-19a, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
| "At the heart of the universe rests not
so much a heart of love--which is what all the popular preachers want us
to believe--but a heart that grieves." |
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| "The
Conversion of Saul/Paul," exegetical notes by Peter L. Haynes,
Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren.
| "When someone is headed in the
wrong direction, it may take a blinding light to expose his own
blindness." |
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| "The
Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-31)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "What can you say about
Christianity when its most outspoken and zealous opponent suddenly
claims to have seen the risen Christ, and to have trusted in Him as
the Messiah?" |
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| "Paul
on the Damascus Road," James T. Dennison, Jr., in Kerux: The
Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed). |
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| Articles & Background:
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adkins, Vincent,
"The Road to Damascus," The Christian Century, 1987. (Poetry) |
| Gans, Eric,
"Christian Morality and the Pauline Revelation," Semeia, 1985. |
| Koyama, Kosuke,
"'I Am Jesus, Whom You Persecute,'" The Christian Century, 1989. |
| Lee, Mark,
"An Evangelical Dialogue on Luke, Salvation, and Spirit Baptism,"
Pneuma, 2004. |
| Peterson, Heidi A.,
"Saving Saul," The Christian Century, 2001. |
| Rordorf, Willy,
"Paul's Conversion in the Canonical Acts and in the Acts of Paul,"
Semeia, 1997. |
| Schertz, Mary,
"Turn in the Road," The Christian Century, 2004. |
| Volf, Miroslav,
"The Social Meaning of Reconciliation," Interpretation, 2000. |
| Walker, William O.,
Jr.,
"Acts and the Pauline Corpus Reconsidered," Journal for the Study of
the New Testament, 1985. |
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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| With Children:
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"The Big
Change," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel. |
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"Saul Sees teh
Light," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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"Saul Is
Converted,"
children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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Crossword
on Acts 9, Don Crownover's Bible
Puzzles. |
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| Drama: |
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Paul's
Vision, Clip Art, Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand. |
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