Acts 9:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁴ but he found out about their plan. And so they watched the gates [of the city] day and night [looking for their chance] to kill him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ but their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ But [the knowledge of] their plot was made known to Saul. They were guarding the [city's] gates day and night to kill him,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

Common English Bible

²⁴ However, he found out about their scheme. They were keeping watch at the city gates around the clock so they could assassinate him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ But their treachery became known to Saul. Now they were also watching the gates, day and night, so that they might put him to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ But their laying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.

Acts 9:24 Cross References

Acts 20:19

[You know that] I served the Lord with humility, with tears and with trials that I experienced as the result of plots by the Jews.

Acts 20:3

where he spent three months. Then, just as he was about to set sail for Syria, Paul discovered that a plot was being laid against him by the Jews, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

Acts 23:30

And when I was told that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately, also ordering his accusers to present their case against him in front of you.”

Acts 25:11

If then I am a criminal and have committed any crime that deserves the death penalty, I will not try to avoid being put to death. But if none of the charges I have been accused of are true, [then] no one has the right to turn me over [to the authorities]. I make my appeal to Caesar.”

Acts 25:3

to do them a favor by having Paul brought [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.

Acts 9:25

[However], his disciples lowered him in a basket over the [city] wall at night [and so he escaped].

2 Corinthians 11:32

[When I was] in Damascus [Note: Paul here refers to his conversion. See Acts 9:1ff], the governor [who served] under King Aretas, was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to capture me,