Acts 9:24

Acts 9:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
• New International Version (NIV)but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.

Context of Acts 9:24

22But Saul grew stronger and kept confounding the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah. 23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, but Saul learned of their plot. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him, 25but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall. 26When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.

Acts 9:24 word by word

ἐγνώσθη δὲ τῷ Σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ αὐτῶν. παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ τὰς πύλας ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτός, ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• laying awaitὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• laying awaitἐπιβουλήepiboulē · plotG1917
• was knownγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• of SaulΣαῦλοςSaulos · SaulG4569
• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• they watchedπαρατηρέωparatēreō · to observeG3906
• the gatesπύληpulē · gateG4439
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• toὅπωςhopōs · thatG3704
• killἀναιρέωanaireō · to killG337

Cross-references for Acts 9:24

• Acts 9:29He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him.
• Acts 14:5When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,
• Acts 17:10As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 23:12When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Acts 25:3asking for a favor against Paul, that Festus summon him to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.
• Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded the place and waited in ambush for him all that night at the city gate. They kept quiet all night, saying, “Let’s wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”
• 2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, a ruler under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me.
• Psalms 21:11Though they intend to harm you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.
• Psalms 37:32The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous and intends to kill him;

Commentaries on Acts 9:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24They watched the gates day and night to kill him - At this time Damascus was under the government of Aretas, king of Arabia, who was now at war with Herod, his son-in-law, who had put away his daughter in order to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. As Herod was supported by the Romans, Saul's enemies might intimate that he was in league with them or Herod; and, as the gates of the city were constantly watched and shut, that no spy might enter, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24But their laying await - Their counsel; their design. Was known of Saul - Was made known to him. In what way this was communicated we do not know. This design of the Jews against Saul is referred to in 2 Corinthians 11:32-33, where it is said, “In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me; and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.” And they watched…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was and is a proof of the truth of Christianity, yet it could not, of itself, convert one soul at enmity with the truth; for nothing can produce true faith, but that power which new-creates the heart. Believers are apt to be too suspicious of those against…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25The people who heard Saul were confused and surprised. Even so, Saul clearly showed from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. His arguments were so strong that the Jews in Damascus who did not believe could not answer him. This continued for some time (see Galatians 1:18). The people who heard Saul were confused and surprised. Even so, Saul clearly showed from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. His arguments were so strong that the Jews in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. they watched the gates night and day to kill him--The full extent of his danger appears only from his own account (2Co 11:32): "In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me"; the exasperated Jews having obtained from the governor a military force, the more surely to compass his destruction.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Saul
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• Acts of the Apostles
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Commentaries on Acts 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings