Acts 9:22-32

22 But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

23 When ¹many days had elapsed, ²the Jews plotted together to do away with him,

24 but ³their plot became known to Saul. ⁴They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

25 but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering * him in a large basket.

26 ⁵When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

27 But ⁶Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had ⁷seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how ⁸at Damascus he had ⁹spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

28 And he was with them, moving * * about * * freely * * in Jerusalem, ¹⁰speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

29 And he was talking and arguing with the ¹¹Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

30 But when ¹²the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to ¹³Caesarea and ¹⁴sent him away to ¹⁵Tarsus.

31 So ¹⁶the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Peter's Ministry

32 Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to ¹⁷the saints who lived at ¹⁸Lydda.

Cross References

• 1. Galatians 1:17, 18
• 2. 1 Thessalonians 2:16
• 3. Acts 20:3, 19; Acts 23:12, 30; Acts 25:3
• 4. 2 Corinthians 11:32
• 5. Acts 22:17-20; Acts 26:20
• 6. Acts 4:36
• 7. Acts 9:3-6
• 8. Acts 9:20, 22
• 9. Acts 4:13, 29; Acts 9:29
• 10. Acts 4:13, 29; Acts 9:29
• 11. Acts 6:1
• 12. Acts 1:15
• 13. Acts 8:40
• 14. Galatians 1:21
• 15. Acts 9:11
• 16. Acts 5:11; Acts 8:1; Acts 16:5
• 17. Acts 9:13
• 18. 1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. Messiah
• [b] Lit "and"
• [c] Lit "going in and going out"
• [d] Jews who adopted the Gr language and much of Gr culture through acculturation
• [e] Lit "was having"
• [f] Or "holy ones"
• [g] OT: Lod