Acts 9:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Josh 10:1-6 : 1 And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, -- 2 that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon `is' a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it `is' greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes. 3 And Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sendeth unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4 `Come up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.' 5 And five kings of the Amorite (the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon) are gathered together, and go up, they and all their camps, and encamp against Gibeon, and fight against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, `Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us `with' haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.'
  • Matt 10:16-23 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves. 17 And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you, 18 and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 19 `And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak; 20 for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you. 21 `And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death, 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved. 23 `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;
  • Acts 22:21-23 : 21 and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.' 22 And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.' 23 And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,
  • 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;
  • Gal 1:17-18 : 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem unto those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus, 18 then, after three years I went up to Jerusalem to enquire about Peter, and remained with him fifteen days,
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary, 16 forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always, but the anger did come upon them -- to the end!

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    24and their counsel against `him' was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

    25and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

    26And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

    27and Barnabas having taken him, brought `him' unto the apostles, and did declare to them how in the way he saw the Lord, and that he spake to him, and how in Damascus he was speaking boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 9:1-2
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    1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

    2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill `me'.

  • Acts 9:21-22
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    21And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

    22And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

  • John 11:53
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    53From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

  • Matt 26:4
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    4and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill `him',

  • Acts 23:12-13
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    12And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

    13and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

  • Acts 9:29-30
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    29and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,

    30and the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

  • Acts 23:15
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    15now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

  • Acts 26:9-10
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    9`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,

    10which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

  • Acts 25:2-3
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    2and the chief priest and the principal men of the Jews made manifest to him `the things' against Paul, and were calling on him,

    3asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

  • Acts 23:20-21
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    20and he said -- `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

    21thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

  • Acts 21:27
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    27And, as the seven days were about to be fully ended, the Jews from Asia having beheld him in the temple, were stirring up all the multitude, and they laid hands upon him,

  • Acts 5:33
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    33And they having heard, were cut `to the heart', and were taking counsel to slay them,

  • Acts 22:4
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    4`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

  • Acts 9:19
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    19and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,

  • Acts 22:19-20
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    19and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

    20and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

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    3and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food --

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    1And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,

  • Luke 22:2
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    2and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

  • John 7:25
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    25Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary,

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    5and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use `them' despitefully, and to stone them,

  • Matt 27:1
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    1And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

  • Acts 13:9
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    9And Saul -- who also `is' Paul -- having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

  • Acts 26:12
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    12`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

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    13And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 22:22
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    22And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

  • Gal 1:13
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    13for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

  • Acts 14:19
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    19And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;

  • Acts 25:15
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    15about whom, in my being at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews laid information, asking a decision against him,

  • Gal 1:23
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    23and only they were hearing, that `he who is persecuting us then, doth now proclaim good news -- the faith that then he was wasting;'

  • Acts 23:27
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    27This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

  • Mark 14:1
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    1And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

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    45and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul -- contradicting and speaking evil.

  • Acts 21:31
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    31and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

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    30and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

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    9and the Jews also agreed, professing these things to be so.