ACTS 22:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;”
'It happened that when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance' — Paul's temple vision marks a second revelatory experience, deeper than the Damascus road. The temple, site of his future arrest, becomes here a place of renewed commission.
Church Fathers on Acts 22:17
See how he thrusts himself (into danger), I came, he says, after that vision, to Jerusalem. I was in a trance, etc. Again, this is without witness: but observe, the witness follows from the result. He said, They will not receive your testimony: they did not receive it. And yet from calculations of reason the surmise should have been this, that they would assuredly receive him. For I was the man that made war upon the Christians: so that they ought to have received him. Here…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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