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Acts 9:29 KJV
Acts · chapter 9 · verse 29
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.Acts 9:29 · King James Version
Acts 9:29 in context
27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disputedsyzēteōto seek or examine together, in the NT to discuss, dispute, questionG4802 →
- Grecianshellēnistēsa Hellenist, one who imitates the manners and customs or the worship of the Greeks, and…G1675 →
- againstprosto the advantage of, at, near, by, to, towards, with, with regard toG4314 →
- boldlyparrēsiazomaito use freedom in speaking, be free spoken, to speak freely, to grow confident, have…G3955 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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Luke here makes no mention of Paul's journey into Arabia, which he tells us himself was immediately after his conversion, Gal 1:16, Gal 1:17.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-31