Acts 9:24
but their plot was made known to Saul. And they were keeping the gates both day and night in order that they might kill him:
1902 William Baxter Godbey 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
23And when many days were being filled up, the Jews issued a verdict to kill him:
25and his disciples taking him, let him down through the wall in the night, lowering him in a basket.
Cross References
Acts 14:5And when there was a conspiracy of both Gentiles and Jews along with their leaders, to insult and stone them,
Acts 20:3and having remained three months, a plot rising against him from the Jews, when about to sail for Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12And it being day, the Jews having formed a conspiracy, obligated themselves by an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they might kill Paul.
Acts 25:3asking favor against him, in order that he might send him to Jerusalem, making a plot 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 →