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Selected Verse: Acts 9:29 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 9:29	Strong Concordance	And [2532] he spake [2980] boldly [3955] in [1722] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], and [5037] [2532] disputed [4802] against [4314] the Grecians [1675]: but [1161] they went about [2021] to slay [337] him [846].
	King James	And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
disputed against the Grecians--(See on Act 6:1); addressing himself specially to them, perhaps, as being of his own class, and that against which he had in the days of his ignorance been the fiercest. they went about to slay him--Thus was he made to feel, throughout his whole course, what he himself had made others so cruelly to feel, the cost of discipleship.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

disputed against the Grecians--(See on Act 6:1); addressing himself specially to them, perhaps, as being of his own class, and that against which he had in the days of his ignorance been the fiercest.

they went about to slay him--Thus was he made to feel, throughout his whole course, what he himself had made others so cruelly to feel, the cost of discipleship.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Act 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 Act 9:23.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Act 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 Act 9:23.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Grecians Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

Grecians

Hellenists, that is, Grecian Jews.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Grecians Rev., correctly, Grecian Jews. See on Act 6:1. Went about (ἐπεχείρουν) Better, attempted : lit., took in hand.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Grecians

Rev., correctly, Grecian Jews. See on Act 6:1.

Went about (ἐπεχείρουν)

Better, attempted : lit., took in hand.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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. See the note on Act 6:1, where this subject is largely explained.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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. See the note on Act 6:1, where this subject is largely explained.

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