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Acts 9:24
But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.
Acts 9:24 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 9:24 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.
but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
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In context
21 And all that heard him were astonished and said: Is not this he who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name and came hither for that intent, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased much more in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ.
23 And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him.
24 But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.
25 But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.
26 And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples: and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him: and how in Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus.
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