Actes 22:14

14 Il dit: Le Dieu de nos pères t'a destiné à connaître sa volonté, à voir le Juste, et à entendre les paroles de sa bouche;

Actes 22:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:14

And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee
From all eternity, in his everlasting purposes and decrees; or "he hath taken thee into his hand"; in order to form, and fit, and qualify him for his service; and may design both his call by grace, and to apostleship. The apostle represents Ananias as speaking of God, as the God of the Jewish fathers, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to show that the Christian doctrine was not contrary to the faith of the one God of Israel; nor did it introduce any other, or any new deity. The ends of this choice or separation were,

that thou shouldest know his will;
his revealed will, concerning the salvation of men by Jesus Christ, which is no other than the Gospel, of which the apostle had been entirely ignorant; for though he knew the will of God, as revealed in the law, or his will of command, yet not spiritually; and he was altogether a stranger, till now, to God's will, way, and method of saving sinners by Christ, of justifying them by his righteousness, and of pardoning their sins through his blood, and of giving them eternal life by him; and the knowledge of this he came at by the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in consequence of his being chosen and called:

and see that just One:
Jesus Christ the righteous, who is both as he is God, and as he is man, and also as he is Mediator, having faithfully discharged his office, and performed his engagements; him the apostle saw, both with the eyes of his body, when he met him in the way, and called unto him, and with the eyes of his understanding beholding his beauty, fulness, and suitableness as a Saviour; the former of these was what many kings, prophets, and righteous men desired: and the latter is what is inseparably connected with eternal life and salvation.

And shouldest hear the voice of his mouth;
both his human voice in articulate sounds, when he spoke to him in the Hebrew tongue, as in ( Acts 22:7 ) and the voice of his Gospel, of which he appeared to make him a minister; which is a voice of love, grace, and mercy, of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation, and is very powerful when accompanied by the Spirit, and is soul charming, alluring, and comforting.

Actes 22:14 In-Context

12 Or, un nommé Ananias, homme pieux selon la loi, et de qui tous les Juifs demeurant à Damas rendaient un bon témoignage,

13 vint se présenter à moi, et me dit: Saul, mon frère, recouvre la vue. Au même instant, je recouvrai la vue et je le regardai.

14 Il dit: Le Dieu de nos pères t'a destiné à connaître sa volonté, à voir le Juste, et à entendre les paroles de sa bouche;

15 car tu lui serviras de témoin, auprès de tous les hommes, des choses que tu as vues et entendues.

16 Et maintenant, que tardes-tu? Lève-toi, sois baptisé, et lavé de tes péchés, en invoquant le nom du Seigneur.