Acts 9:24

American Standard Version (1901)

but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

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  • Acts 25:3 : 3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
  • 2 Cor 11:32 : 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
  • Acts 20:3 : 3 And when he had spent three months [there], and a plot was laid against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.
  • Acts 20:19 : 19 serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
  • Acts 23:12-21 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him. 16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. 17 And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him. 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee. 19 And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me? 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him. 21 Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.
  • Acts 23:30 : 30 And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.
  • Judg 16:2-3 : 2 [ And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] till morning light, then we will kill him. 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him. 33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Acts 9:29-30 : 29 preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him. 30 And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
  • Acts 14:5-6 : 5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them, 6 they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
  • Acts 17:10-15 : 10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so. 12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes. 14 And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still. 15 But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
  • Acts 25:11 : 11 If then I am a wrong-doer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if none of those things is [true] whereof these accuse me, no man can give me up unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

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    23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:

  • Acts 9:25-26
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    25 but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

    26 And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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    21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

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    15 Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.

    16 But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

  • Acts 9:1-2
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    1 But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

    2 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 25:2-3
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    2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,

    3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

  • 2 Cor 11:32-33
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    32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

    33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.

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    20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

    21 Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

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    2 [ And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, [Let be] till morning light, then we will kill him.

  • Acts 23:12
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    12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

  • Acts 4:3
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    3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.

  • 1 Sam 19:10-11
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    10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

    11 And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.

  • Judg 9:32
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    32 Now therefore, up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

  • Acts 9:28-30
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    28 And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,

    29 preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

    30 And when the brethren knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

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    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

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    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

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    32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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    18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

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    54 laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

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    5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

    6 they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:

  • 1 Sam 19:1-2
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    1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

    2 And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

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    3 But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

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    7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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    58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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    4 and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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    1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

  • Acts 21:31
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    31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

  • 1 Sam 24:3
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    3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21 And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them that called on this name? and he had come hither for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.

  • Acts 23:30
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    30 And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.

  • Acts 9:11
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    11 And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;

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    33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.

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    19 But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

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    5 and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.

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    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

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