Acts 22:2-3 (And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he said,)… A man's experience is an element of power in his teaching and he has a right to make use of it for good. Whether he thinks the same now as formerly, or has changed his opinions, he speaks with added force to his hearers, when he shows them that he knows all about their way of looking at things, from having been in their place himself. "What do you know about it?" is a very common way of sneering at a wiseman's wise counsel against conduct wholly at variance with his present course of living. "I've been through it all myself," is a fair answer to that sneer. Paul understood the value of this sort of response; and it is well for us all to have it in mind also. (H. C. Trumbull, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)WEB: When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said, |
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