Acts 9:23-28

Common English Bible

²³ After this had gone on for some time, the Jews hatched a plot to kill Saul. ²⁴ However, he found out about their scheme. They were keeping watch at the city gates around the clock so they could assassinate him. ²⁵ But his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the city wall.

²⁶ When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him. They didn’t believe he was really a disciple. ²⁷ Then Barnabas brought Saul to the apostles and told them the story about how Saul saw the Lord on the way and that the Lord had spoken to Saul. He also told them about the confidence with which Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus. ²⁸ After this, Saul moved freely among the disciples in Jerusalem and was speaking with confidence in the name of the Lord.