“"Then, it says, the Church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and abounded in the comfort of the Holy Ghost." He is about to relate that Peter goes down from Jerusalem, therefore that you may not impute this to fear, he first says this. For while…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on Acts 21
Original
31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
29And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
30Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
— Acts 9:31 —
32And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.