Acts 9:24
but Saul was apprised of their design. And they watched the gates day and night, to make away with him:
1770 John Worsley 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 after a considerable time, the Jews conspired to kill him:
25but the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall, in a basket.
Cross References
Acts 14:5but when there was an effort both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, together with their rulers, to offer violence to them, and to stone them;
Acts 20:3And when he had spent three months there, the Jews having laid wait for him as he was going to embark for Syria, he determined to return by Macedonia.
Acts 23:12And when it was day, some of the Jews, having formed a conspiracy, bound themselves with a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 25:3begging the favor of him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; for they were preparing an ambush 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 →