Acts 9:24
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But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
In other translations
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Greek words
ἐγνώσθηegnōsthēbecame knownG1097δὲdehoweverG1161τῷtō<the>G3588ΣαύλῳSaulōto SaulG4569ἡhētheG3588ἐπιβουλὴepiboulēplotG1917αὐτῶν.autōnof them.G846παρετηροῦντοparetērountoThey were themselves watchingG3906δὲdenowG1161καὶkaialsoG2532τὰςtastheG3588πύλαςpulasgatesG4439ἡμέραςhēmerasby dayG2250τεteandG5037καὶkaialsoG2532νυκτός,nuktosnight,G3571ὅπωςhopōsso thatG3704αὐτὸνautonhimG846ἀνέλωσιν·anelōsinthey may execute;G337
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- Acts 20:19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
- Acts 20:3And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.
- Psalm 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
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- Acts 25:11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
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- Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Psalm 37:32-3332 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.32 Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them, 33 the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
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