Acts 9:24
But their laying awayte was knowen of Saul: nowe they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
23And after that many dayes were fulfilled, the Iewes tooke counsell together, to kill him,
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.
Proverbs 24:15Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
Acts 14:5And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and of the Iewes with their rulers, to doe them violence, and to stone them,
Acts 20:3And hauing taried there three moneths, because the Iewes layde waite for him, as hee was about to saile into Syria, hee purposed to returne through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3And desired fauour against him, that hee would send for him to Hierusalem: and they layd waite to kill him by 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 →