Acts 9:28

Act_9:28-30. Μετʼ αὐτῶν εἰσπορ. κ. ἐκπορ.] See on Act_1:21. According to the reading εἰς Ἱερουσ., and after deletion of the following καί (see the critical remarks), εἰς Ἱερουσ. is to be attached to παῤῥησ.: He found himself in familiar intercourse with them, while in Jerusalem he spoke frankly and freely in the name of the Lord Jesus. Accordingly εἰς Ἱερουσ. is to be taken as in κηρύσσειν εἰς (Mar_1:39), λέγειν εἰς (Joh_8:26), μαρτυρεῖν εἰς (Act_23:11), and similar expressions, where εἰς amounts to the sense of coram. Comp. Matthiae, § 578, 3 b; Ellendt, Lex. Soph. I. p. 534. With ἐλάλει τε κ.τ.λ. (which is only to be separated from the preceding by a comma) there is annexed to the general εἰς Ἱερουσ. παῤῥησ. a special portion thereof, in which case, instead of the participle, there is emphatically introduced the finite tense (Winer, p. 533 [E. T. 717]).

πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλλην.] with (against) the Greek-Jews, see on Act_6:1.

ἑπεχείρουν αὐτὸν ἀνελεῖν] does not exclude the appearance of Christ, Act_22:17-18, as Zeller thinks, since it is, on the contrary, the positive fulfilment of the οὐ παραδέξονται κ.τ.λ. negatively announced in chap. 22.

ἐξαπέστειλαν] they sent him away from them to Tarsus, after they had brought him down to Caesarea. On account of Gal_1:2-7 it is to be assumed that the apostle journeyed from Caesarea (see on Act_8:40) to Tarsus, not by sea, but by land, along the Mediterranean coast through Syria; and not, with Calovius and Olshausen, that here Caesarea Philippi on the borders of Syria is to be understood as meant. The reader cannot here, any more than in Act_8:40, find any occasion in the text to understand Καισάρεια otherwise than as the celebrated capital; it is more probable, too, that Paul avoided the closer vicinity of Damascus.

How natural it was to his heart, now that he was recognised by his older colleagues in Jerusalem but persecuted by the Jews, to bring the salvation in Christ, first of all, to the knowledge of his beloved native region! And doubtless the first churches of Cilicia owed their origin to his abode at that time in his native country.

Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Act 9:28 . ἦν … εἰσπ .: for characteristic construction see Act 1:10 , etc. εἰς καὶ ἐκπ ., cf. Act 1:21 . Hebraistic formula to express the daily confidential intercourse with the Apostles; cf. 1Sa 18:13 , 2Ch 23:7 ( 1Ma 13:49 ; 1Ma 15:14 ; 1Ma 15:25 , for somewhat similar expressions, but see H. and R.). ἐν : if we read εἰς , see critical note. Weiss connects closely with ἐκπ . and takes it to signify that Saul was not only associated with the Apostles privately, but openly in the town, so Wendt and Holtzmann, privatim and publice . Page connects ἦν εἰς together, and thinks εἰς probably due to the intervention of the verbs expressing motion. Zöckler compares Act 26:20 , and takes εἰς as referring to Jerusalem and its neighbourhood (but see critical notes).

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The constant servants of God must look for danger after danger: yet God watcheth for them.

With Peter and James, for he saith that he saw none of the Apostles but them, Gal. 1:18-19.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

And he was with them, coming in and going out at Jerusalem--for fifteen days, lodging with Peter (Gal 1:18).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Verse 28. He was with them coming in and going out] Freely conversing and associating with them; but this seems to have continued only fifteen days. See Ga 1:18.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

28. Luke saith afterwards that Paul went in and out with the disciples, which speech signifieth amongst the Hebrews familiarity, as the inhabitants of cities are said to go in and out at the gates of the city. Therefore after that Paul was commended by the testimony of Barnabas, he began to be counted one of the flock, that he might be thoroughly known to the Church. Luke saith again that he dealt boldly in the name of the Lord, by which words he commendeth his (stoutness and) courage in professing the gospel. For he durst never have whispered amidst so many lets, unless he had been endowed with rare constancy. Nevertheless, all men are taught what they ought to do; to wit, every man according to the measure of his faith. For though all be not Pauls, yet the faith of Christ ought to engender in our minds so great boldness, that we be not altogether dumb when we have need to speak. I take the name of the Lord in this place for the profession of the gospel; in this sense, that Paul defended Christ’s cause manfully.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

(28) Coming in and going out.—The words, like the kindred phrase in Act_1:21, are used to imply a certain undefined frequency of intercourse. From Gal_1:18 we learn that the whole duration of the visit was not more than fifteen days.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

28. And he was with them, &c.] i.e. for the fifteen days during which his visit lasted he was received into the fellowship of the Church.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,.... He spoke the Gospel of Christ boldly, as it ought to be spoken; he spoke it openly, publicly, freely, and faithfully, not fearing the faces or revilings of any: the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions add, "to the Gentiles"; but this is not in any of the Greek copies: and disputed against the Grecians; or Hellenists, that is, the Hellenistical Jews; by whom are meant, not Greeks proselyted to the Jewish religion, but Jews who had been born and brought up in Greece, or at least had learned the Greek language, and used the Greek Bible; and so the Syriac version renders it, "he disputed with the Jews that knew Greek"; perhaps the same persons, of the synagogue of the Libertines, Alexandrians, Cyrenians, and of Cilicia and Asia, who disputed with Stephen, with whom he had before joined, Act 6:9

but they went about to slay him; he being an over match for them; and they not being able to resist him, but being confuted, and confounded, and put to silence, they were filled with indignation; and since they could not conquer him by arguments, they were for slaying him with the sword.

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28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

Ver. 28. And he was with them] sc. With Peter and James, Gal 1:18-19. For the other apostles were then absent, about their Lord’s business.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And he was with them ... - That is, he was admitted to their friendship, and recognized as a Christian and an apostle. The time during which he then remained at Jerusalem was, however, only fifteen days, Gal 1:18.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Living amongst them, and freely conversing with them; that is, with Peter, and James, and the rest of the believers, who had now no suspicion of him.

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Going in for coming in, A.V.

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28, 29. Though the brethren, even at the solicitation of Barnabas, may have received him with some misgivings, the course he pursued soon won their confidence. (28) " And he was with them coming in and going out in Jerusalem, (29) and spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Hellenists; but they undertook to kill him. " During his three years' absence from Jerusalem, the persecution of which Saul had been the leader had so far abated that the Hellenists were once more willing to debate the points at issue. But they found in their new opponent one equally invincible with Stephen, and, in the madness of defeat, resolved that Stephen's fate should be his.

J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

He met with them

Here the word "He" refers to Paul. The word "them" probably refers to the apostles and other disciples in Jerusalem.

in the name of the Lord Jesus

Possible meanings are 1) this simply refers to the Lord Jesus and tells who Paul spoke about. AT: "about the Lord Jesus" or 2) "name" is a metonym for authority. AT: "under the authority of the Lord Jesus" or "with the authority that the Lord Jesus gave him" (See: Metonymy)

debated with the Grecian Jews

Saul tried to reason with the Jews who spoke Greek.

the brothers

The words "the brothers" refers to the believers in Jerusalem.

brought him down to Caesarea

The phrase "brought him down" is used here because Caesarea is lower in elevation than Jerusalem.

sent him away to Tarsus

Caesarea was a seaport. They brothers probably sent Saul to Tarsus by ship. (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

translationWords

Jerusalem

name

lord

Jesus

Greek

Jew

brother

Caesarea

Tarsus

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28. καὶ ἦν μετ’ αὐτῶν, and he was with them, i.e. for the fifteen days during which his visit lasted he was received into the fellowship of the Church.

On εἰσπορευόμενος καὶ ἐκπορευόμενος see note on Act 1:21.

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