Neville Goddard on Acts 9:23-30 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 9 in context

Scripture Focus

23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

26And 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.

27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

28And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

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 9:23-30

Biblical Context

Saul faces a plot to kill him and is lowered from the wall in a basket; in Jerusalem, others fear him until Barnabas vouches for his encounter with the Lord and his bold preaching. He moves among the apostles and is later sent away to Caesarea and Tarsus.

Neville's Inner Vision

Place yourself as Saul waking within a vivid present tense: a state of consciousness that has mistaken its own light for danger. The plot to kill him is fear in the mind; the basket descent is the inner acts of revision and release by which the old self submits to a higher I AM. Barnabas appears as the inner faith that speaks for your new vision, presenting it to the apostles in your reasoning—the parts that doubt. When you are feared, remember that fear is not you but a moment of imagination; you, the I AM, can revise it by choosing a new assumption and feel it real. The bold preaching in Damascus and the Jerusalem disputes become inner dialogues where your divine idea asserts itself against contrary thoughts. They move you to Caesarea then to Tarsus—a symbolic retreat in which the self is prepared to travel again as consciousness expands. The arc is clear: from secret danger to public witness as your inner state learns to live as the truth you assume.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In stillness, assume the role of your higher self who is already welcomed by every part of your mind. See Barnabas presenting your vision to the 'apostles' of your thoughts; feel the relief as fear dissolves and your self-concept is released into bold, unified action.