He assayed (επειραζεν). Imperfect active of conative action.

To join himself (κολλασθα). Present middle (d…

Was come to Jerusalem. It is probable that he then went immediately to Jerusalem (Galatians 1:18). This was three years after …

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem.—His journey probably took him, as before, through Samaria (see Note on Acts 9:3), an…

They did not admit anybody and everybody into the Church.

They guarded it as Christ's Church should be guarded, so that unworthy people might…

Saul’s arrival at Jerusalem as a Christian was three years after his conversion (Galatians 1:18). Being persona non grata among his for…

When Saul was. These were still hard beginnings for Paul, who was still only an inexperienced soldier, because when he had barely escaped …

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem
After he had escaped out of Damascus, in the manner before related, and which wa…

When we enter into the way of God, we must expect trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make…