Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul; and they were even watching the gates day and night to kill him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
In Context
23But after many days had passed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;
25But his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.
Proverbs 24:15Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting-place!
Acts 14:5And when a movement was made both of the gentiles, and the Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,
Acts 20:3And when he had stayed three months, a plot having been laid for him by the Jews as he was about to sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3asking for themselves a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to place men in wait to kill him on the road.
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 →