²¹ But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

¹² And when it was day, ^(A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had ^(B)killed Paul. ¹³ Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. ¹⁴ They came to the chief priests and ^(C)elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

²⁶ in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, ^(A)in perils of my own countrymen, ^(B)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

³ For ^(A)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my ^[a]countrymen according to the flesh,

³ asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—^(A)while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me ^(A)by the plotting of the Jews;

⁵ And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, ^(A)to abuse and stone them, ⁶ they became aware of it and ^(B)fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.

Saul Escapes Death

²³ Now after many days were past, ^(A)the Jews plotted to kill him. ^24 (B)But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.

^2 (A)You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; ^(B)nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.

^32 (A)In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; ³³ but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.