Atti 9:29

29 discorreva pure e discuteva con gli Ellenisti; ma questi cercavano d’ucciderlo.

Atti 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:29

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 revilings of any: the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions add, "to the Gentiles"; but this is not in any of the Greek copies: and disputed against the Grecians; or Hellenists, that is, the Hellenistical Jews; by whom are meant, not Greeks proselyted to the Jewish religion, but Jews who had been born and brought up in Greece, or at least had learned the Greek language, and used the Greek Bible; and so the Syriac version renders it, "he disputed with the Jews that knew Greek"; perhaps the same persons, of the synagogue of the Libertines, Alexandrians, Cyrenians, and of Cilicia and Asia, who disputed with Stephen, with whom he had before joined, ( Acts 6:9 Acts 6:10 )

but they went about to slay him;
he being an over match for them; and they not being able to resist him, but being confuted, and confounded, and put to silence, they were filled with indignation; and since they could not conquer him by arguments, they were for slaying him with the sword.

Atti 9:29 In-Context

27 Ma Barnaba, presolo con sé, lo menò agli apostoli, e raccontò loro come per cammino avea veduto il Signore e il Signore gli avea parlato, e come in Damasco avea predicato con franchezza nel nome di Gesù.

28 Da allora, Saulo andava e veniva con loro in Gerusalemme, e predicava con franchezza nel nome del Signore;

29 discorreva pure e discuteva con gli Ellenisti; ma questi cercavano d’ucciderlo.

30 E i fratelli, avendolo saputo, lo condussero a Cesarea, e di là lo mandarono a Tarso.

31 Così la Chiesa, per tutta la Giudea, la Galilea e la Samaria avea pace, essendo edificata; e camminando nel timor del Signore e nella consolazione dello Spirito Santo, moltiplicava.