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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Acts 9:27.
Acts 9:27
Excerpted from: EncouragementYou know, the disciples there in Jerusalem, they were terrified of this guy. They were literally terrified. They were afraid that if they exposed the congregation to this man, that he may be going out to everyone around. They did not want to take the chance. This man had been in charge of the squads that went out and arrested Christians as an agent of the Sanhedrin. And then he would stand by and give permission for people to be stoned or to be put in prison. Paul had done everything in his power to destroy the church and the disciples believed maybe he was undercover here. He was not sincere. He was just trying to get into their inner group. But then we see in verse 27,
Just a short time of Barnabas having an interaction with Saul, he was able to see that God was working with this man and he was willing to stand in the gap between Paul and the apostles. I mean, they may have said, "Forget you, Barnabas, you're out of here. We don't believe it." But you know something, there must have been something about Barnabas that the apostles really, truly respected. Even though they could not see the good in Paul, he did. And there is no doubt in my mind that Barnabas was inspired by God and he provided the right encouragement at the exact right time. You know, it gives you a little bit of an idea, reading between the lines here, of just how respected this man was. For him to say he is okay, and the apostles will say, okay. It does not say what position he had or what, if any, power whatsoever. But we can see that he had a tremendous influence on the early church and on the apostles there in Jerusalem.
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