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Acts 9:27 Explained in Context
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Verse 27. 27But 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.
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Role in This Section
Makes Barnabas the sponsor who recounts Saul's encounter and bold preaching.
Read It With
- Acts 9:26–9:31
Read Acts 9:27 with 9:26–9:31. In isolation, this contribution—makes Barnabas the sponsor who recounts Saul's encounter and bold preaching—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jerusalem disciples fear Saul until Barnabas recounts his encounter and witness; Saul speaks boldly, faces another plot, is sent to Tarsus, and the church experiences peace and growth.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 9:26–9:31 — Barnabas bridges fear and fellowshipSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 9:26–9:31, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 9:26-9:31
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