Acts 9:24 Cross References

Acts 9:24

24: But Saul was told about their plot, and that they were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him.

They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem. (Their plan was to waylay and kill him.)

When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.

I have done the Lord's work humbly--yes, and with tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.

where he stayed for three months. He was preparing to sail back to Syria when he discovered a plot by some Jews against his life, so he decided to return through Macedonia.

Those who are evil spy on the godly, waiting for an excuse to kill them.
But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are brought before the judge.

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
There were more than forty of them.
They went to the leading priests and other leaders and told them what they had done. "We have bound ourselves under oath to neither eat nor drink until we have killed Paul.
You and the high council should tell the commander to bring Paul back to the council again," they requested. "Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way."
But Paul's nephew heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.

That very night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the synagogue.
And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if they were really teaching the truth.
As a result, many Jews believed, as did some of the prominent Greek women and many men.
But when some Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God in Berea, they went there and stirred up trouble.
The believers acted at once, sending Paul on to the coast, while Silas and Timothy remained behind.

A mob of Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, decided to attack and stone them.
When the apostles learned of it, they fled for their lives. They went to the region of Lycaonia, to the cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding area,

Word soon spread that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the city gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, "When the light of morning comes, we will kill him."
But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the city gates with its two posts, and lifted them, bar and all, right out of the ground. He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill across from Hebron.

But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you. I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you."

He debated with some Greek-speaking Jews, but they plotted to murder him.
When the believers heard about it, however, they took him to Caesarea and sent him on to his hometown of Tarsus.

If I have done something worthy of death, I don't refuse to die. But if I am innocent, neither you nor anyone else has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!"

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