Acts 9:26 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁶And 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 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Galatians 1:17-19
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. …
Acts 9:19
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Acts 22:17-20
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; …
Acts 4:23
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

Topics

Apostles Decision Devotion Disciple Paul Persecution Rome Saul

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-31)

Luke here makes no mention of Paul’s journey into Arabia, which he tells us himself was immediately after his conversion, Gal. 1:16, 17. As soon as God had revealed his Son in him, that he might preach him, he went not up to Jerusalem, to receive instructions from the apostles (as any other convert would have done, that was designed for the ministry), but he went to Arabia, where there was new gro…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 26)

26. And when Saul was come to Jerusalem--“three years after” his conversion, and particularly “to see Peter” (Ga 1:18); no doubt because he was the leading apostle, and to communicate to him the prescribed sphere of his labors, specially to “the Gentiles.” he assayed to join himself to the disciples--simply as one of them, leaving his apostolic commission to manifest itself. they were all afraid o…