So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
- KJV And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
- NKJV So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.
- NASB And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.
- NLT So Saul stayed with the apostles and went all around Jerusalem with them, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.
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Quick answer
Saul moved freely among the believers in Jerusalem. Accepted at last, he joined fully in the life of the church.
Overview
Through Barnabas's testimony, Saul is now received into open fellowship with the disciples. His free movement among them signals the church's full embrace of its former persecutor. This acceptance equips him to take up bold public witness in the very city where he once opposed Christ.
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Cross-references · 7
- Acts 1:21Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Gal 1:18Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
- John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ps 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- Num 27:16–17“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
- 2 Sam 5:2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- 1 Kgs 3:7And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
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