Acts 9:26

assayed. tried. Greek. peirao.

join. See note on Acts 5:13.

and believed not. not believing, i.e. hesitating to believe. App-150.

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²⁶ 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.

Related Commentaries of Acts 9:26

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