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24 aBut their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.  
25 Then the disciples took him by night and alet him down through the wall in a large basket.  

Saul at Jerusalem

26 And awhen Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.  
27 aBut Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, band how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.  
28 So ahe was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.  
29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the aHellenists, bbut they attempted to kill him.  
30 When the brethren found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.

The Church Prospers

31 aThen the1 churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were bedified. And walking in the cfear of the Lord and in the dcomfort of the Holy Spirit, they were emultiplied.  

Aeneas Healed

32 Now it came to pass, as Peter went athrough all parts of the country, that he also came down to the saints who dwelt in Lydda.  
33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years and was paralyzed.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Acts 9:26

He assayed to join himself to the disciples - , He endeavored to get closely united to them, to be in religious fellowship with them.

Believed not that he was a disciple - They did not suppose it possible that such a person could be converted to the faith of Christ. The full power of Divine grace, in the conversion of the soul, was not yet completely known.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Acts 9:26:

Acts 8:1
Acts 15:4
Acts 18:23
Acts 22:17
Galatians 1:21

 

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