A.T. Robertson Commentary Acts 9:30

"And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus." — Acts 9:30 (ASV)

Knew it (επιγνοντες). Second aorist active participle of επιγινωσκω, to know fully. The disciples saw it clearly, so they

conducted (κατηγαγον, effective second aorist active indicative of καταγω).

Sent forth (εξαπεστειλαν). Double compound (εξ, out, απο, away or off). Sent him out and off

to Tarsus (εις Ταρσον). Silence is preserved by Luke. But it takes little imagination to picture the scene at home when this brilliant young rabbi, the pride of Gamaliel, returns home a preacher of the despised Jesus of Nazareth whose disciples he had so relentlessly persecuted. What will father, mother, sister think of him now?