Acts 9:24
But their plot was made known unto Saul,—and they were even narrowly watching the gates, both day and night, that they might kill him;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
25But the disciples, taking him by night, through the wall, let him down, lowering him in a basket.
Cross References
Psalms 21:11For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous,—neither destroy thou his place of rest;
Acts 14:5But, when there took place an assault both of them of the nations and of the Jews, with their rulers, to maltreat and to stone them,
Acts 20:3and, spending three months, when a plot was laid against him by the Jews, as he was about to sail to Syria, he determined to turn back through Macedonia.
Acts 23:12And, when it became day, the Jews, forming a conspiracy, bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul.
Acts 25:3asking for themselves as a favour against him, that he would send for him unto Jerusalem,—making, 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 →