And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out 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.
- BSB So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
- NKJV So he was with them at Jerusalem, coming in and going out.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Acts 1:21“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Gal 1:18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.
- John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- Ps 121:8Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
- Num 27:16–17“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
- 2 Sam 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”
- 1 Kgs 3:7Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
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