Acts 9:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. ”

Acts 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Was come to Jerusalem - He did not go to Jerusalem immediately after he escaped from Damascus. He first went into Arabia, where he spent a considerable part, or the whole of three years. For the...
Acts 9:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. (6) In ancient times no man was rashly...
Acts 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul at Jerusalem. This visit is understood to have taken place very shortly after Saul's conversion; the brethren there have not heard of his conversion, nor of his preaching in Damascus. Barnabas...
Acts 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

assayed . tried. Greek. peirao. join . See note on Acts 5:13 . and believed not . not believing, i.e. hesitating to believe. App-150.
Acts 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. When Saul was. These were yet hard entrances (617) for Paul, who was as yet but a freshwater soldier, in that, when he had hardly escaped the hands of the enemies, the disciples would n...
Acts 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. He assayed to join himself to the disciples...
Acts 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem— Upon his escaping from Damascus, St. Paul went up to Jerusalem, where he had never been since his conversion to Christianity; and thither he went chiefly to vis...
Acts 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. And when Saul - or 'when he' [omitt...
Acts 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Becomes a Christian 1-30. The Conversion of Saul is to regarded as a miraculous event. The way for it may have been prepared by Stephen's speech, by the spectacle of the constancy of the Chri...
Acts 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem. — His journey probably took him, as before, through Samaria (see Note on Acts 9:3 ), and so laid the foundation of the interest in the Samaritan Church, which...
Acts 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Welcomed as a Brother Acts 9:23-31 He who feeds on Scripture must wax strong. The new convert started at once to testify of the Savior. We have no right to keep to ourselves the great treasures...
Acts 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition, the leader of which seems to have been Saul, continued. Armed with letters from the high priest, he attempted to put an end to the Nazarene heresy. It was on his journey with this intent...
Acts 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. (21) But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jer...
Acts 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem ,.... After he had escaped out of Damascus, in the manner before related, and which was three years after his conversion: he assayed to join himself to the disc...
Acts 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. Ver. 26. They were all afraid of him ]...
Acts 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem , &c. It must be observed here, that the history of Paul's preaching at Damascus, going into Arabia, and visiting Jerusalem, is somewhat intricate, and interp...
Acts 9:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Philip the evangelist is now put in the background, as the Spirit of God begins a work of another kind, using a most unexpected workman. Saul was filled with strongest animosity toward the disciples,...
Acts 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Plot to Kill Saul; Saul Is Received by the Apostles; Prosperity of the Church. 23 And after that many days were fulfill...
Acts 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To join himself to, to be admitted to intimate fellowship and communion with, the disciples. They were all afraid of him; Paul was sufficiently known by name and face at Jerusalem, and many had f...
Acts 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul's Ministry in Jerusalem (9:26-30). ‘And when he was come to Jerusalem, he sought to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.' But...
Acts 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 9:27 . Barnabas ( Acts 4:36 ) appears here as the patron of Saul, whom he takes by the hand (not literally, but metaphorically), and introduces to the apostles. Acts 9:2...
Acts 9:26 - Scofield Reference Notes

gone to Jerusalem The Acts records four visits of Paul to Jerusalem after conversion: (1) ( Acts 9:23-30 ). This seems identical with the visit of ( Galatians 1:18 ); ( Galatians 1:19 ). Th...
Acts 9:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:19-30 Damascus Arabia Jerusalem. We see from this chapter: I. The minute care which God has over His people. He gives to Ananias the street and the house in the great city of Damascus whe...
Acts 9:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:1 . And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,- Notice that little word «yet.» «Saul yet breathing out threatening...
Acts 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:1 . Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Not less than two thousand of them, who fell in this storm, were massacred indiscriminately. If wha...
Acts 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem he essayed to Join himself to the disciples. Saul’s emotions on returning to Jerusalem He was returning to it from a spiritual as Ezra had from a bodily capt...
Acts 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 9:1 But for and, A.V.; breathing for breathing out, A.V.; threatening for threatenings, A.V. Threatening and slaughter. The phrase ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς κ.τ.λ.,...
Acts 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
Acts 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:17 ; Acts 26:20 ; Acts 4:23 ; Acts 9:19 ; Galatians 1:17-19 ; Galatians 2:4 ; Matthew 10:17-19 ; Matthew 24:10
Acts 9:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Saul's Conversion: A Pattern and a Prophecy 1 Timothy 1:15-16 ; with Acts 9:1-43 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We marvel, therefore, that what God wrought in Saul's conversion on the Damascus road i...
Acts 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And coming to Jerusalem — Three years after, Galatians 1:18 . These three years St. Paul passes over, Acts 22:17 , likewise.

Acts 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:26 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 9:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:26 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes