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Acts 9:26

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FearFellowship and the church

24 but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

25 One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

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.

27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

28 So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
When Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
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.
DARBY
And having arrived at Jerusalem he essayed to join himself to the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
BLB
And having arrived in Jerusalem, he was attempting to join the disciples, and all were afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple.
ÅB
Da han nå kom til Jerusalem, søkte han å holde seg nær til disiplene; og de fryktet alle for ham, for de trodde ikke at han var noen disippel.
OTB
Da han kom til Jerusalem, prøvde han å slutte seg til disiplene, men de var alle redde for ham, og trodde ikke at han var en disippel.
B1930
Da han nu kom til Jerusalem, søkte han å holde sig nær til disiplene; og de fryktet alle for ham, for de trodde ikke at han var nogen disippel.

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  • Acts 26:20

    First 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.

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  • Galatians 1:17–19

    nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

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  • Acts 4:23

    On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

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  • Acts 9:19

    and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

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  • Acts 22:17–20

    Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

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  • Galatians 2:4

    This 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.

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  • Matthew 10:17–19

    But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

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  • Matthew 24:10

    At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

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