Acts 9:23
21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
- KJV
- And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
- WEB
- When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
- ASV
- And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:
- DARBY
- Now when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.
- BLB
- Now when many days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
- ÅB
- Da nå mange dager var gått, la jødene råd opp om å slå ham ihjel;
- OTB
- Etter mange dager hadde gått, la jødene en plan om å drepe ham,
- B1930
- Da nu mange dager var gått, la jødene råd op om å slå ham ihjel;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 1:17–18
Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Read in contextActs 14:19
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Read in contextActs 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Read in contextMatthew 10:16–23
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
Read in contextActs 9:16
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Read in contextJoshua 10:1–6
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
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