Acts 9 · Verse 28

Acts 9:28

And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:28, King James Version

Acts 9:28 in other translations

BSBSo Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
WEBHe was with them entering into Jerusalem,
ASVAnd he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,
YLTAnd he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem,
DARBYAnd he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem,
BBEAnd he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,
WebsterAnd he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

What does Acts 9:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:28-29
28-29. And he was with them, coming in and going out at Jerusalem--for fifteen days, lodging with Peter (Ga 1:18).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 28. And he was with them, etc. 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.

(+) "coming in and going out" "He continued to associate with them"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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 Gal 1:18.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 9:23-31

When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was and is a proof of the truth of Christianity, yet it could not, of itself, convert one soul at enmity with the truth; for nothing can produce true faith, but that power which new-creates the heart. Believers are apt to be too…

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Acts 9:28 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἦνēnhe wasG1510
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
εἰσπορευόμενοςeisporeuomenoscoming inG1531
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐκπορευόμενοςekporeuomenosgoing outG1607
εἰςeisinG1519
Ἰερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmJerusalem,G2419

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 9:28

  • Acts 1:21

    Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

  • Psalms 121:8

    The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • 1 Kings 3:7

    And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

  • Numbers 27:16-17

    Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

  • 2 Samuel 5:2

    Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

  • Galatians 1:18

    Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

  • John 10:9

    I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
coming.
1:21; Nu 27:16,17; 2Sa 5:2; 1Ki 3:7; Ps 121:8; Joh 10:9; Ga 1:18

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Context

  • Acts 9:27

    But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 9:28

    And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 9:29

    And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

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Acts 9:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y entraba y salía con ellos en Jerusalem;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il était avec eux à Jérusalem, allant et venant, et parlant ouvertement au nom du Seigneur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er ging mit ihnen aus und ein in Jerusalem und sprach freimütig im Namen des Herrn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erat cum illis intrans et exiens in Jerusalem, et fiducialiter agens in nomine Domini.