Acts 9:20

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

King James Version · Read in your translation · Open the Explore console

Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
straightway	εὐθέως eutheōs	G2112	directly · adverb
preached	ἐκήρυσσεν ekērussen	G2784	to herald (as a public crier) · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
Christ	Χριστός Christós	G5547	anointed
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
synagogues	συναγωγαῖς sunagōgais	G4864	an assemblage of persons · noun — dative plural feminine
that	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
he	οὗτός houtos	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
is	ἐστί estí	G2076	he (she or it) is
Son	υἱὸς huios	G5207	a "son" (sometimes of animals) · noun — nominative singular masculine
God	θεοῦ.¶ theou	G2316	figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Galatians 1:23-24 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by th…
1 John 4:14-15 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Psalms 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trus…
Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 26:63-66 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:10-22

As for God, his work is perfect; if he begin, he will make an end: a good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ's feet, in that word, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And never did Christ leave any that were brought to that. Though Saul was sadly mortified when he lay three days blind, yet he was not abandoned. Christ here takes care of the work of his own hands. He that hath torn will heal - that hath smitten will bind up - that hath convinced will comfort. I. Ananias is here ordered to go and look after him, to heal and help him; for he that causeth grief will have compassion. 1. The person employed is Ananias, a certain disciple at Damascus, not lately driven thither fr…

Read the whole note in the console

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:20

preached Christ . . . that he is the Son of God--rather, "preached Jesus," according to all the most ancient manuscripts and versions of the New Testament (so Act 9:21, "all that call on this name," that is, Jesus; and Act 9:22, "proving that this Jesus is very Christ").

Adam Clarke on Acts 9:20

Preached Christ in the synagogues - Instead of ΧριϚον, Christ, Ιησουν, Jesus, is the reading of ABCE, several others of high importance, together with the Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Slavonic, and Vulgate. The great question to be determined, for the conviction of the Jews, was that Jesus was the Son of God. That the Christ, or Messiah, was to be the Son of God, they all believed. Saul was now convinced that Jesus, whom they had crucified, and who had appeared to him on the way, was the Son of God, or Messiah; and therefore as such he proclaimed him. The word Christ should be changed for Jesus, as the latter is, without doubt, the genuine reading. The first offers of the grace of the…

Read the whole note in the console

John Gill on Acts 9:20

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues,.... The Syriac version adds, "of the Jews"; that is, which were in Damascus, Acts 9:2 from whence it appears, that he was immediately, as soon as converted, qualified for the work of preaching the Gospel: nor did he confer with flesh and blood, or stand disputing and debating with himself and carnal reason, what was best for him to do; but as soon as he knew Christ himself, he preached him to others, and whom he always made the subject of his ministry; and particularly, that he is the Son of God; the only begotten of the Father, the eternal Son of God, truly and properly God, of the same nature and essence with God his Father, and equal…

The Church Fathers

As a learned man he silenced them and would not let them speak, but proved from the Scriptures. That is, reconciling, teaching with gentleness that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. [CHRYSOSTOM]
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts

"And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus"-for he was accurate in the faith-"that this is the Son of God." He did not merely say, "that He is risen"-not this: no, nor "that He liveth": but what? immediately he strictly expounded the doctrine-"that this is the Son of God."
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 20

"And he was with the disciples which were at Damascus certain days. And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus, that He is the Son of God." See, straightway he was a teacher in the synagogues. He was not ashamed of the change, was not afraid while the very things in which he was glorious afore-time, the same he destroyed. Even from his first appearance on the stage here was a man, death-dealing, ready for deeds of blood: seest thou what a manifest sign was here?
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 20

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Apostle — A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the Father (Heb. 3:1; John 20:21). It is, however, generally used as…
Damascus — Activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital of Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3); situated about 133 miles to the north of Jerusalem. Its modern name is Esh-Sham; i.e., “the East.” The situation…
Synagogue — (Gr. sunagoge, i.e., “an assembly”), found only once in the Authorized Version of Ps. 74:8, where the margin of Revised Version has “places of assembly,” which is probably correct; for while the…
Paul · His vision and conversion — His vision and conversion
Preaching · .By Paul — .By Paul
Synagogue · The Scriptures were read and expoun — The Scriptures were read and expoun
Synagogues · The Apostles frequently taught and preached in — The Apostles frequently taught and preached in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 9:20

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 9:20

John Gill on Acts 9:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Acts 9:20

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 9:20

John Gill on Acts 9:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 9:19-25

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 9:20-21