Saul Escapes from Damascus

23 (A)When many days had passed, the Jews[a] plotted to kill him, 24 but their (B)plot became known to Saul. (C)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and (D)let him down through an opening in the wall,[b] lowering him in a basket.

Saul in Jerusalem

26 And (E)when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:23 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
  2. Acts 9:25 Greek through the wall

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