New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 9:23
Acts 9:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
- New International Version (NIV)After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,
- English Standard Version (ESV)When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him.
Context of Acts 9:23
21All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not the one who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” 22But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ. When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him, 24but their plot became known to Saul. They were also closely watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death; 25but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.
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ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦντο ἡμέραι ἱκαναί, συνεβουλεύσαντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 9:23
- Acts 9:16for I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.”
- Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
- Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brothers.
- Acts 22:21And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Joshua 10:1Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,
- Matthew 10:16“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
- 2 Corinthians 11:26I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all people,
Commentaries on Acts 9:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23And after that many days were fulfilled - What follows relates to transactions which took place about three years after his conversion, when he had come a second time to Damascus, after having been in Arabia. See Galatians 1:17, Galatians 1:18. What he did in Arabia we know not; he probably preached Christ in different Jewish synagogues; but with what fruit we are not told. St. Luke, who could not have been ignorant of this part of his history, passes it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And after that many days - How long a time elapsed before this is not recorded in this place, but it is evident that the writer means to signify that a considerable time intervened. There is, therefore, an interval here which Luke has not filled up; and if this were the only narrative which we had, we should be at a loss how to understand this. From all that we know now of the usual conduct of the Jews toward the apostles, and especially toward Paul, it…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. 2323. And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him--Had we no other record than this, we should have supposed that what is here related took place while Saul continued at Damascus after his baptism. But in Ga 1:17, 18 we learn from Paul himself that he "went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus," and that from the time of his first visit to the close of his second, both of which appear to have been short, a period of three…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Acts 9:23 Gal 1:17, 18 ↩
- 2. Acts 9:23 1 Thess 2:16 ↩
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
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