Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 9:28
And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
28. And he was with them, &c.] i.e. for the fifteen days during which his visit lasted he was received into the fellowship of the Church.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And he was with them … – That is, he was admitted to their friendship, and recognized as a Christian and an apostle. The time during which he then remained at Jerusalem was, however, only fifteen days, Gal 1:18.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. He was with them coming in and going out] Freely conversing and associating with them; but this seems to have continued only fifteen days. See Ga 1:18.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Living amongst them, and freely conversing with them; that is, with Peter, and James, and the rest of the believers, who had now no suspicion of him.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
28, 29. And he was with them, comingin and going out at Jerusalemfor fifteen days, lodging withPeter (Ga 1:18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And be was with them,…. Peter and James, and the rest of the disciples; he lived with them, conversed with them, and joined with them in all religious exercises; which is signified by his
coming in and going out at Jerusalem; no one of the apostles or disciples forbidding or hindering him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Going in and going out ( ). Barnabas and Peter and James opened all the doors for Saul and the fear of the disciples vanished.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And he was with them,” (kai hen men’ auton) “And he (Saul) was with them,” with the Apostles Peter and John and the disciples at Jerusalem. They, as a church, received him, Rom 14:1. The reception was by the congregation of disciples, not by the pastor or a committee, see?
2) “Coming in and going out at Jerusalem,” (eisporeuomenos kai ekporeuomenos eis lerousalem) “Entering and going out of Jerusalem,” that is when they went in to worship and when they went out into the city to witness and to serve, letting their light shine, their influence be used to honor God, Mat 5:15-16; Act 1:8; 1Co 9:22-23.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
28. Luke saith afterwards that Paul went in and out with the disciples, which speech signifieth amongst the Hebrews familiarity, as the inhabitants of cities are said to go in and out at the gates of the city. Therefore after that Paul was commended by the testimony of Barnabas, he began to be counted one of the flock, that he might be thoroughly known to the Church. Luke saith again that he dealt boldly in the name of the Lord, by which words he commendeth his (stoutness and) courage in professing the gospel. For he durst never have whispered amidst so many lets, unless he had been endowed with rare constancy. Nevertheless, all men are taught what they ought to do; to wit, every man according to the measure of his faith. For though all be not Pauls, yet the faith of Christ ought to engender in our minds so great boldness, that we be not altogether dumb when we have need to speak. I take the name of the Lord in this place for the profession of the gospel; in this sense, that Paul defended Christ’s cause manfully.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(28) Coming in and going out.The words, like the kindred phrase in Act. 1:21, are used to imply a certain undefined frequency of intercourse. From Gal. 1:18 we learn that the whole duration of the visit was not more than fifteen days.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem.’
So he walked in full fellowship with the church in Jerusalem, and went about with many of its members, being one with them in all that they did for the short while that he was there.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Act 9:28-30 . . . .] See on Act 1:21 . According to the reading ., and after deletion of the following (see the critical remarks), . is to be attached to .: He found himself in familiar intercourse with them, while in Jerusalem he spoke frankly and freely in the name of the Lord Jesus . Accordingly . is to be taken as in (Mar 1:39 ), (Joh 8:26 ), (Act 23:11 ), and similar expressions, where amounts to the sense of coram. Comp. Matthiae, 578, 3 b ; Ellendt, Lex. Soph. I. p. 534. With . . . (which is only to be separated from the preceding by a comma) there is annexed to the general . . a special portion thereof, in which case, instead of the participle, there is emphatically introduced the finite tense (Winer, p. 533 [E. T. 717]).
.] with (against) the Greek-Jews , see on Act 6:1 .
] does not exclude the appearance of Christ, Act 22:17-18 , as Zeller thinks, since it is, on the contrary, the positive fulfilment of the . . . negatively announced in chap. 22.
] they sent him away from them to Tarsus, after they had brought him down to Caesarea. On account of Gal 1:2-7 it is to be assumed that the apostle journeyed from Caesarea (see on Act 8:40 ) to Tarsus, not by sea, but by land, along the Mediterranean coast through Syria; and not, with Calovius and Olshausen, that here Caesarea Philippi on the borders of Syria is to be understood as meant. The reader cannot here, any more than in Act 8:40 , find any occasion in the text to understand otherwise than as the celebrated capital; it is more probable, too, that Paul avoided the closer vicinity of Damascus.
How natural it was to his heart, now that he was recognised by his older colleagues in Jerusalem but persecuted by the Jews, to bring the salvation in Christ, first of all, to the knowledge of his beloved native region! And doubtless the first churches of Cilicia owed their origin to his abode at that time in his native country.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
Ver. 28. And he was with them ] sc. With Peter and James, Gal 1:18-19 . For the other apostles were then absent, about their Lord’s business.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Act 9:28 . .: for characteristic construction see Act 1:10 , etc. ., cf. Act 1:21 . Hebraistic formula to express the daily confidential intercourse with the Apostles; cf. 1Sa 18:13 , 2Ch 23:7 ( 1Ma 13:49 ; 1Ma 15:14 ; 1Ma 15:25 , for somewhat similar expressions, but see H. and R.). : if we read , see critical note. Weiss connects closely with . and takes it to signify that Saul was not only associated with the Apostles privately, but openly in the town, so Wendt and Holtzmann, privatim and publice . Page connects together, and thinks probably due to the intervention of the verbs expressing motion. Zckler compares Act 26:20 , and takes as referring to Jerusalem and its neighbourhood (but see critical notes).
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
coming in and going out. See note on Act 1:21.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
coming: Act 1:21, Num 27:16, Num 27:17, 2Sa 5:2, 1Ki 3:7, Psa 121:8, Joh 10:9, Gal 1:18
Reciprocal: Act 9:20 – straightway Act 26:20 – and at Rom 15:19 – so that
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28, 29. Though the brethren, even at the solicitation of Barnabas, may have received him with some misgivings, the course he pursued soon won their confidence. (28) “And he was with them coming in and going out in Jerusalem, (29) and spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Hellenists; but they undertook to kill him.” During his three years’ absence from Jerusalem, the persecution of which Saul had been the leader had so far abated that the Hellenists were once more willing to debate the points at issue. But they found in their new opponent one equally invincible with Stephen, and, in the madness of defeat, resolved that Stephen’s fate should be his.
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
9:28 {7} And he was {l} with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
(7) The steadfast servants of God must look out for danger after danger: yet God watches out for them.
(l) With Peter and James, for he says that he saw none of the apostles but them; Gal 1:18-19 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
While Saul was in Jerusalem he resumed Stephen’s work of debating the Hellenistic Jews. He was himself a Hellenist, as Stephen apparently was, having been born and reared in Tarsus. Paul described himself as a Hebrew of the Hebrews (Php 3:5; cf. 2Co 11:22) by which he meant that his training in Jerusalem and his sympathies were more in line with the Hebrews than with the Hellenists. At first he enjoyed freedom in the city, but soon the unbelieving Jews tried to silence him too. Evidently Saul continued evangelizing in Jerusalem until it became obvious to the other believers that he must leave immediately or suffer death as Stephen had. They probably envisioned a recurrence of the persecution of the disciples that followed Stephen’s martyrdom.