Act 9:23-30 | ESV | STEP | When many days had passed , the Jews plotted to kill him ,

Acts 9:23-30

Saul Escapes from Damascus

23 ^aWhen many days had passed, the Jews ^{▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time} plotted to kill him, 24 but their ^cplot became known to Saul. ^dThey were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and ^elet him down through an opening in the wall, ^{▼▼Greek through the wall} lowering him in a basket.

Saul in Jerusalem

26 And ^gwhen 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. 27 But ^hBarnabas took him and ⁱbrought him to the apostles and declared to them ^jhow on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and ^khow at Damascus he had ^lpreached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 So he went ^min and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 And he spoke and disputed against ⁿthe Hellenists. ^{▼▼That is, Greek-speaking Jews} But ^pthey were seeking to kill him. 30 And when ^qthe brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off ^rto Tarsus.