Acts 9:26-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul in Jerusalem
26 When he arrived in Jerusalem,(A) he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple. 27 Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly(B) in the name of Jesus.(C) 28 Saul was coming and going with them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a] but they attempted to kill him.(D) 30 When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.(E)
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- Acts 9:29 Lit Hellenists; that is, Gk-speaking Jews
Acts 9:26-30
Lexham English Bible
Saul in Jerusalem
26 And when he[a] arrived in Jerusalem, he was attempting to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they[b] did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and[c] brought him[d] to the apostles and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was going in and going out among them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 And he was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews,[e] but they were trying to do away with him. 30 And when[f] the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
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- Acts 9:26 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrived”) which is understood as temporal
- Acts 9:26 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“believe”) which is understood as causal
- Acts 9:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 9:27 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 9:29 Literally “Hellenists”
- Acts 9:30 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“found out”) which is understood as temporal
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