Verš 1
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Sk 8:3 - As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
Sk 22:4 - And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Sk 26:9 - I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
1Kor 15:9 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Gal 1:13 - For all of you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
1Tim 1:13 - Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and prone to cause hurt: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Verš 3
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Sk 22:6 - And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
1Kor 15:8 - And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
2Kor 12:2 - "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. "
Sk 26:13 - At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Verš 5
And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.
Sk 5:39 - "But if it be of God, all of you cannot overthrow it; lest lest by any means all of you be found even to fight against God. "
Verš 6
And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will you have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
Lk 3:10 - And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Sk 2:37 - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Sk 16:30 - And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Verš 7
And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Dan 10:7 - "And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. "
Verš 11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prays,
Sk 21:39 - But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I plead to you, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Sk 22:3 - I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as all of you all are this day.
Verš 13
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:
Sk 9:1 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
1Kor 15:9 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Gal 1:13 - For all of you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
1Tim 1:13 - Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and prone to cause hurt: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Verš 15
But the Lord said unto him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Sk 13:2 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit (o. pneuma) said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.
Sk 22:21 - And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send you far behind unto the Gentiles.
Rim 1:1 - Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Gal 1:15 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Gal 2:8 - (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Ef 3:8 - "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; "
1Tim 2:7 - "Unto which I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. "
2Tim 1:11 - Unto which I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Verš 16
For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Sk 21:11 - And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, (o. pneuma) So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
2Kor 11:23 - "Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often. "
Verš 17
"And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto you in the way as you came, has sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit. (o. pneuma) "
Sk 22:12 - And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
Verš 24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
2Kor 11:32 - In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
Verš 25
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Joz 2:15 - Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
1Sam 19:12 - So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
Verš 26
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Sk 22:17 - "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; "
Verš 27
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Sk 11:25 - Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, in order to seek Saul:
Sk 9,2 - Právomoc veľkňaza sa v náboženských otázkach rozprestierala aj na Židov, ktorí žili za hranicami Palestíny. Výraz "Cesta" tu znamená cestu spásy, život podľa Kristovho učenia (porov. 24, 22). Preto výraz píšeme s veľkým C.
Sk 9,11 - Rovná ulica je jedna z dvoch hlavných ulíc v Damasku a viedla z východu na západ.
Sk 9,13 - "Svätí" sú kresťania (9, 32. 41; 26, 10); podobne aj "posvätení" (20, 32; 26, 18).
Sk 9,20 - Pavol je presvedčený, že sa mu na ceste zjavil sám Ježiš, a to osobne, a svoje videnie zaraďuje medzi ostatné zjavenia Vzkrieseného, keď tvrdí: "Poslednému zjavil sa aj mne" (1 Kor 15, 8). Nejde teda u Pavla o nejaký vnútorný, duchovný zážitok na ceste do Damasku, ale o skutočné videnie (1 Kor 9, 1), ktoré Pavol dobre rozoznáva (porov. 2 Kor 12, 1–4).
Sk 9,23 - Pavol sa v Damasku zdržal iba krátko a potom odišiel na púšť do Arábie, aby sa tam v samote pripravil na svoje budúce poslanie. Potom sa vrátil znova do Damasku (Gal 1, 17) a vtedy sa prihodilo, čo sa spomína vo vv. 23–25.
Sk 9,28 - "Žil s nimi"; doslovne: vchádzal a vychádzal (porov. 1, 21).
Sk 9,35 - Sáron je rovina pozdĺž palestínskeho pobrežia pri Stredozemnom mori; tiahne sa od mesta Joppe po Cézareu.
Sk 9,36 - "Dorkas" (gr.) znamená "Srnka".