When the brothers† knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 9:30 in context
Acts 9:27–33
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But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
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He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
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preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
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When the brothers† knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31
So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
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As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.
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There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years because he was paralyzed.
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- The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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