Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They started watching the gates both day and night so that they might kill him.
Text-Critical English NT
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
23When many days had past, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,
Cross References
Acts 14:5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat them and stone them,
Acts 20:3where he stayed for three months. As he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was made against him by the Jews, so the decision was made to return by way of Macedonia.
Acts 23:12When daybreak came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3Asking for a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
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 →