SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:19
Y cuando comi, fue confortado. Y estuvo Saulo por algunos días con los discípulos que estaban en Damasco.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Acts 9:19
Verse 19. When he had received meat, he was strengthened] His mind must have been greatly worn down under his three days' conviction of sin, and the awful uncertainty he was in concerning his state; but when he was baptized, and had received the Holy Ghost, his soul was Divinely invigorated; and now, by taking food, his bodily strength, greatly exhausted by three days' fasting, was renewed also. The body is not supported by the bread of life, nor the soul by the bread that perisheth: each must have its proper aliment, that the whole man may be invigorated, and be enabled to perform all the functions of the animal and spiritual life with propriety and effect. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples] Doubtless under instructions, relative to the doctrines of Christianity; which he must learn particularly, in order to preach them successfully. His miraculous conversion did not imply that he must then have a consummate knowledge of every Christian doctrine. To this day we find that even the genuine Christian convert has a thousand things to learn; and for his instruction he is placed in the Church of Christ, where he is built up on his most holy faith by the ministry and experience of the disciples. Without the communion of saints, who is likely to make a steady and consistent Christian; even though his conversion should have been the most sincere and the most remarkable?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And when he had received meat , etc.] Which was set before him when he had received his sight, and after he was baptized, of which he had not tasted for three days: he was strengthened ; in body, being before very weak and feeble; not so much through fatigue of his journey, as through the fear and surprise the appearance of Christ to him, and his words, threw him into; as also through his fasting so long, and his continuance and constancy in prayer all this while, and the attention he gave to the divine instructions which were communicated to him, internally and externally: then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus ; who came from Jerusalem upon the persecution raised against them there; with these Saul continued some few days after his conversion and baptism, for quickly after he went into Arabia, as appears from (Gal 1:17). These disciples, with the new converts afterwards, it is highly probable, formed a church state in Damascus; Ananias is said to be the bishop or pastor of it, and which remained in several ages. In the catalogue of the council of Nice, which was held in the beginning of the fourth century, Damascus is mentioned as the seat of a church; in the fifth century a bishop of Damascus was in the council at Ephesus; and in the same century it was reckoned a metropolitan church in Asia; in the seventh century it appears there was a church in this place; and even in the eighth century, though the Arabians ravaged in those parts, yet still a church continued here for some time, till Ulid, the prince of the Saracens, took away the temple from the Christians of this place, and dedicated it to Mahomet; after which we hear no more of the church at Damascus f474 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-22 - A good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ's fee with those words, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And never di Christ leave any who were brought to that. Behold, the proud Pharisee the unmerciful oppressor, the daring blasphemer, prayeth! And thus it is even now, and with the proud infidel, or the abandoned sinner. What happy tidings are these to all who understand the nature and power of prayer, of such prayer as the humbled sinner presents for the blessing of free salvation! Now he began to pray after another manner than he had done; before, he said his prayers, now, he prayed them Regenerating grace sets people on praying; you may as well find living man without breath, as a living Christian without prayer. Ye even eminent disciples, like Ananias, sometimes stagger at the command of the Lord. But it is the Lord's glory to surpass our scant expectations, and show that those are vessels of his mercy whom we ar apt to consider as objects of his vengeance. The teaching of the Holy Spirit takes away the scales of ignorance and pride from the understanding; then the sinner becomes a new creature, and endeavour to recommend the anointed Saviour, the Son of God, to his forme companions.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ λαβων 2983 5631 V-2AAP-NSM τροφην 5160 N-ASF ενισχυσεν 1765 5656 V-AAI-3S εγενετο 1096 5633 V-2ADI-3S δε 1161 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM σαυλος 4569 N-NSM μετα 3326 PREP των 3588 T-GPM εν 1722 PREP δαμασκω 1154 N-DSF μαθητων 3101 N-GPM ημερας 2250 N-APF τινας 5100 X-APF
Robertson's NT Word Studies
9:19 {Was strengthened} (eniscuqe). First aorist passive indicative of eniscuw, to receive strength (iscus), comparatively late verb and here only in the N.T. save #Lu 22:43 where it is doubtful. Poor verse division. this clause belongs in sense to verse #18. {Some days} (hemeras tinas). An indefinite period, probably not long, the early period in Damascus before Saul left for Arabia (#Ga 1:13-24).
