Acts 9:31
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified: and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:10But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies on every side, so that ye dwell in safety:
Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel: and the land had rest eighty years.
1 Chronicles 22:18Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors, that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Job 28:28And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Psalms 94:13That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be 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 →