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A Sign of Full Acceptance
Commentators explain that the phrase "going in and going out" was a Hebrew expression signifying complete fellowship and familiarity. After Barnabas's intervention, Saul was no longer an outsider but was fully accepted into the community of believers in Jerusalem, freely associating with the apostles and disciples.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 9:28
18th Century
Theologian
And he was with them, and so on. That is, he was admitted to their friendship, and recognized as a Christian and an apostle. The time<…
AT Robertson
On Acts 9:28
Going in and going out (εισπορευμενος κα εκπορευομενος). Barnabas and Peter and James opened all the doors for Saul and the fear o…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 9:28
19th Century
Bishop
Coming in and going out.—The words, like the kindred phrase in Acts 1:21, are used to imply a certain undefined frequency of inte…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 9:27–31
19th Century
Preacher
Praise be to God for such a conversion as that of Saul of Tarsus!
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 9:28
Saul’s arrival at Jerusalem as a Christian was three years after his conversion (Galatians 1:18). Being persona non grata among his for…
John Calvin
On Acts 9:28
16th Century
Theologian
Luke later says that Paul went in and out with the disciples, a phrase that signifies familiarity among the Hebrews, just as the inhabitan…
John Gill
On Acts 9:28
17th Century
Pastor
And be was with them
Peter and James, and the rest of the disciples; he lived with them, conversed with them, and jo…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 9:23–31
17th Century
Minister
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…