And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
14. He hath power to bind. We gather by these words, that the fame of the persecution which Saul went about “Parabat,” was preparing. was spread far and wide; for which cause his conversion was “Debuit,” must have been. more famous. Nevertheless, the Lord suffered the faithful to be evil entreated, “Misere cruciari,” miserably tortured. that the benefit of such sudden deliverance might afterwards be the more excellent.
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.
Commenting on Acts 9:10-22
And here he hath authority from the chief priests,.... His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, but he had received a commission from the sanhedrim to go to Damascus, where he now was: to bind all that call on thy name; to take up all such persons and put them in bonds, and carry them bound to Jerusalem, whom he...