Acts 9:31
Then had the Churches rest through all Iudea, and Galile, and Samaria, and were edified and walked in the feare of the Lord, and were multiplied by the comfort of the holy Ghost.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
30But when the brethren knewe it, they brought him to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:10But when ye goe ouer Iorden, and dwell in ye land, which the Lord your God hath giuen you to inherit, and when he hath giue you rest from al your enemies round about, and yee dwel in safetie,
Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that daye, vnder the hand of Israel: and the land had rest fourescore yeeres.
1 Chronicles 22:18Is not the Lord your God with you, and hath giuen you rest on euerie side? for hee hath giuen the inhabitants of the land into mine hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before his people.
Nehemiah 5:15For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.
Job 28:28And vnto man he said, Behold, the feare of the Lord is wisedome, and to depart from euil is vnderstanding.
Psalms 94:13That thou mayest giue him rest from the dayes of euill, whiles the pitte is digged for the wicked.
Matthew Henry on Acts 9:24-32
The Jews Plot to Kill Saul; Saul Is Received by the Apostles; Prosperity of the Church. 23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: 24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. 26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. 27 But… Read the whole commentary →