Acts 9:29

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
He got into it with some Jews from Greece, and they tried to kill him over it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were attempting to put him to death.

Bible in Basic English
Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

Darby Translation
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.

New King James Version
And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to kill him.

Christian Standard Bible®
He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.

World English Bible
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews, but they were seeking to kill him.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he disputed with the Hellenists: but they attempted to kill him:

Weymouth's New Testament
and speaking fearlessly in the name of the Lord. And he often talked with the Hellenists and had discussions with them.

King James Version (1611)
And he spake boldly in the Name of the Lord Iesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

Literal Translation
And he spoke and disputed with the Hellenists, and they took him in hand to do away with him .

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and quyte him selfe boldly in ye name of ye LORDE Iesu. He spake also, and disputed with ye Grekes. But they wete aboute to slaye him.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and he openly preach'd in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Hellenists, who therefore plotted against his life:

Amplified Bible
He was talking and arguing with the Hellenists (Greek-speaking Jews); but they were attempting to kill him.

American Standard Version
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

Revised Standard Version
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists; but they were seeking to kill him.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and quit hym silfe boldly in the name of the lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed wyth the grekes: and they went aboute to slee hym.

Update Bible Version
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

Young's Literal Translation
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

New Century Version
He would often talk and argue with the Jewish people who spoke Greek, but they were trying to kill him.

New English Translation
He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

Contemporary English Version
He was always arguing with the Jews who spoke Greek, and so they tried to kill him.

Complete Jewish Bible
He talked and debated with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they began making attempts to kill him.

English Standard Version
And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And spake boldly in the Name of the Lord Iesus, and spake and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

George Lamsa Translation
And he spoke openly in the name of Jesus, and debated with the Jews who understood Greek: but they wanted to kill him.

Hebrew Names Version
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. He spoke and disputed against the Yevanian Yehudim, but they were seeking to kill him.

International Standard Version
He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.Acts 6:1; 2 Corinthians 11:26;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and disputed with those Jihudoyee who knew Greek; [fn] but they were wishful to kill him.

Murdock Translation
And he spoke openly in the name of Jesus and disputed with those Jews who understood Greek. But they wished to kill him:

New Living Translation
He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to murder him.

New Life Bible
He preached without fear in the name of the Lord. He talked and argued with the Jews who spoke the Greek language. They kept trying to kill him.

English Revised Version
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they went about to kill him.

New Revised Standard
He spoke and argued with the Hellenists; but they were attempting to kill him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And was both speaking and discussing with the Grecian Jews, - but, they, were setting to work to kill him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He spoke also to the Gentiles and disputed with the Greeks. But they sought to kill him.

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

Lexham English Bible
And he was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to do away with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Speakyng boldly in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed agaynst the Grekes: but they went about to slea hym.

Easy-to-Read Version
He often had arguments with the Greek-speaking Jews, who began making plans to kill him.

New American Standard Bible
And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.

Good News Translation
He also talked and disputed with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they tried to kill him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he spak with hethene men, and disputide with Grekis. And thei souyten to sle hym.

Contextual Overview

²³After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, ²⁴but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. ²⁵One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall. ²⁶When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. ²⁷Then 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. ²⁸So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. ²⁹He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.³⁰When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. ³¹Then 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he spake: Acts 9:20-22, Acts 9:27

disputed: Acts 6:9, Acts 6:10, Acts 17:17, Acts 18:19, Acts 19:8, Jude 1:3, Jude 1:9

Grecians: Acts 6:1, Acts 11:20

but: Acts 9:23, 2 Corinthians 11:26

Reciprocal: Acts 9:24 - their Acts 26:17 - Delivering Acts 26:20 - and at Romans 15:19 - so that 2 Corinthians 3:12 - plainness Ephesians 6:19 - that I James 2:15 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:20
So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:11
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."

Genesis 9:25
he said, "Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."

Psalms 90:10
The length of our days is seventy years-or eighty if we are strong-yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,.... He spoke the Gospel of Christ boldly, as it ought to be spoken; he spoke it openly, publicly, freely, and faithfully, not fearing the faces or revilings of any: the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions add, "to the Gentiles"; but this is not in any of the Greek copies: and disputed against the Grecians; or Hellenists, that is, the Hellenistical Jews; by whom are meant, not Greeks proselyted to the Jewish religion, but Jews who had been born and brought up in Greece, or at least had learned the Greek language, and used the Greek Bible; and so the Syriac version renders it, "he disputed with the Jews that knew Greek"; perhaps the same persons, of the synagogue of the Libertines, Alexandrians, Cyrenians, and of Cilicia and Asia, who disputed with Stephen, with whom he had before joined, Acts 6:9

but they went about to slay him; he being an over match for them; and they not being able to resist him, but being confuted, and confounded, and put to silence, they were filled with indignation; and since they could not conquer him by arguments, they were for slaying him with the sword.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And spake boldly - He openly defended the doctrine that Jesus was the Messiah.

In the name ... - By the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Against the Grecians - See the word “Grecians” explained in the notes on Acts 6:1. It means that he not only maintained that Jesus was the Christ in the presence of those Jews who resided at Jerusalem, and who spoke the Hebrew language, but also before those foreign Jews who spoke the Greek language, and who had come up to Jerusalem. They would be as much opposed to the doctrine that Jesus was the Christ as those who resided in Jerusalem.

They went about - They sought to slay him; or they formed a purpose to put him to death as an apostate. See Acts 9:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. Disputed against the Grecians — That is, the Hellenistic Jews, viz. those who lived in Grecian cities, spoke the Greek language, and used the Septuagint version for their scriptures. And thus the Syriac version has interpreted this place. Acts 6:1; Acts 6:1, where this subject is largely explained.