# As he was saying this

"While Peter was saying these things"

# they were afraid

These adult disciples were not afraid of clouds. This phrase indicates that some kind of unusual fear came over them with the cloud. Alternate translation: "they were terrified" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# they entered into the cloud

This can be expressed in terms of what the cloud did. Alternate translation: "the cloud surrounded them"