Act 20:3, 23:21 | ESV | STEP | There he spent three months , and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria , he decided to return through Macedonia .

Acts 20:3

3 There he spent three months, and when ^aa plot was made against him by the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 19} as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

Acts 23:21

21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who ^chave bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”