isv Acts:9:26-31
isv@Acts:9:26 @ When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they all were afraid of him because they wouldn't believe he was a disciple.
isv@Acts:9:27 @ Barnabas, however, took him and presented him to the apostles, telling them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
isv@Acts:9:28 @ So he went in and out among them in Jerusalem, speaking courageously in the name of the Lord.
isv@Acts:9:29 @ He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.
isv@Acts:9:30 @ When the brothers found out about it, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
isv@Acts:9:31 @ So the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace. As it continued to be built up and to live in the fear of the Lord, it kept increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.