Acts 9:24
but information of their plot was given Saul, and although they kept watch day and night on the gates, in order to make away with him,
Montgomery New Testament
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 fulfilled the Jews made a plot to kill Saul;
25his disciples took him by night, and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Cross References
Acts 14:5And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,
Acts 20:3Just as he was about to set sail for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him, and he determined to return through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3They urged him, asking it as a favor, to send for him to Jerusalem. They meant to lay in wait for him and 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 →