Acts 9:29

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 elsewhere, Acts 19:13.Luke 1:1. A medical word.

slay. Same word as "kill", verses: Acts 9:23; Acts 9:24.

Related Commentaries of 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. Again...
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 ).
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 conv...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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 spe...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Grecians ] i.e. Greekspeaking Jews.
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...
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 Sau...
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...
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 Nazare...
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 th...
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...
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 bold...
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 vis...
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 fil...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Plot to Kill Saul; Saul Is Received by the Apostles; Prosperity of the Church....
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 rathe...
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 bold...
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 metaphori...
Scofield Reference Notes

Grecians Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews.
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 stre...
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 litt...
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 t...
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...
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 s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul at Jerusalem:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians. But they went about to slay him,
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...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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²⁹ And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

Related Commentaries of Acts 9:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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