Acts 9:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And spake boldly - He openly defended the doctrine that Jesus was the Messiah. In the name ... - By the authority of the Lord Jesus. Against the Grecians - See the word “Grecians” explain...
Acts 9:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the (m) Grecians: but they went about to slay him. (m) See ( Acts 6:1 ).
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spake boldly. Same word as "preached boldly" in Acts 9:27 . disputed . Same word as in Acts 6:9 . Grecians . See note on Acts 6:1 . went about . took in hand. Greek. epicheireo. Occurs e...
Acts 9:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29. He disputed with the Grecians. Erasmus noteth well in this place that those are here called Grecians, not which came (624) of Grecians, but rather those Jews who were scattered througho...
Acts 9:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. Disputed against the Grecians - That is, the Hellenistic Jews, viz. those who li...
Acts 9:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Against the Grecians:— The Hellenists; or those foreign Jews who used the Greek language, and came out of other parts to worship at Jerusalem, St. Paul being earnestly desirous that they might carr...
Acts 9:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. And he spake boldy in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against t...
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Disputed against the Grecians. — It will be remembered that it was as the leader of the Hellenistic-Jews of the synagogue named in Acts 6:9 that Saul had first appeared in the history of the Chur...
Acts 9:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 SAUL AND SINAI Acts 9:29-30 WE have bestowed a great deal of attention upon the incidents at Damascus, because the conversion of Saul of Tarsus is more closely connected with the tru...
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Acts 9:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. Ver. 29. And he spake boldly ] The soul, by the witness of the Spirit, finds...
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Disputed against the Grecians; Hellenists, of which Acts 6:1 , such as were born in foreign parts, but of Jewish parents; these Paul chose rather to dispute with, because these had raised the pe...
Acts 9:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews, but they were seeking to kill him.' And with the boldness imparted by the Holy Spirit ( Acts 4:31 ) he...
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Grecians Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews.
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - 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 9:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul at Jerusalem:
Acts 9:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:26 ; Acts 11:20 ; Acts 17:17 ; Acts 18:19 ; Acts 19:8 ; Acts 6:1 ; Acts 6:10 ; Acts 6:9 ; Acts 9:20-22 ; Acts 9:23 ; Acts 9:27 ; Jude 1:3 ; Jude 1:9
Acts 9:29 - 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 9:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 9:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 9:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 9:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 9:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 9:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 9:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 9:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 9:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 9:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 9:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 9:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 9:29 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 9:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 9:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 9:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 9:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 9:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 9:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 9:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 9:29 - Wells of Living Water Commentary