Bible verse
He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
Acts 9:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 9.
25 One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
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.
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.
29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
30 When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
32 As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
KJV
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
ASV
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.
ERV
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they went about to kill him.
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