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Acts 9:26

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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ASV

And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

KJV

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΠαραγενόμενοςParagenomenosHaving arrivedG3854 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
εἰςeisinG1519 →
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalemG2419 →
ἐπείραζενepeirazenhe was tryingG3985 →
κολλᾶσθαιkollasthaito joinG2853 →
τοῖςtoisto theG3588 →
μαθηταῖς·mathētaisdisciples;G3101 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
πάντεςpantesallG3956 →
ἐφοβοῦντοephobountowere afraid ofG5399 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
πιστεύοντεςpisteuontesbelievingG4100 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ἐστὶνestinhe isG1510 →
μαθητής.mathētēsa disciple.G3101 →

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Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.Galatians 1:17–19nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.Acts 4:23On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.Acts 9:19and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.Acts 22:17–20Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a tranceActs 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.Galatians 1:23They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Matthew 10:17–19But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

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