Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
New Heart English 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
23When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired 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 intended evil against you.They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.Do not destroy his resting place:
Acts 14:5When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
Acts 20:3When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12When it was day, the Judeans banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting 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 →